Efficacy of simulated barrier treatments against laboratory colonies of Pharaoh ant

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 485-492

  Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Scharf, Michael E ^b   Ratliff, Catina R ^a   Bennett, Gary W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monomorium pharaonis; Pharaoh ant; Repellency; Residual insecticide

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS;

EID: 17844373828     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/98.2.485     Document Type: Article

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