Nonchemical approaches to cockroach control

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-280

  Appel, Arthur G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air flow; American cockroach; Blattella germanica; Blattellidae; Blattidae; Choice box; Dictyoptera; German cockroach; Periplaneta americana; Periplaneta fuliginosa; Repellency; Smokybrown cockroach

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342535924     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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