Polyethylene barrier impregnated with lambda-cyhalothrin for exclusion of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from structures

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 570-574

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; IMPASSE; R. Flavipes; Soil barrier

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 2342559913     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.2.570     Document Type: Article

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