Comparative toxicity, residual nature and effect on respiration of boron compounds in a lower termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Material und Organismen

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Toyoshima, Isao ^a   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tsunoda, Kunio ^a   Takahashi, Munezoh ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron compounds; Comparative toxicity; Coptotermes formosanus; Residual nature; Respiration; Termites

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542530184     PISSN: 00255270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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