Liquid bait delivery systems for controlling Argentine ants in citrus groves (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-427

  Klotz, John H ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a   Phillips, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant baits; Argentine ants; Linepithema humile; Liquid bait delivery

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); CITRUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 2042499682     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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