Comparative effects of two chitin synthesis inhibitors, hexaflumuron and lufenuron, in a bait matrix against subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1156-1160

  Su, Nan Yao ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

bait toxicants; colony elimination; Coptotermes formosanus; molting inhibition; Reticulitermes fravipes; termit baits

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 12644300609     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.5.1156     Document Type: Article

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