Transfer of indoxacarb among workers of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Effects of dose, donor:recipient ratio and post-exposure time

Pest Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1209-1214

  Xing, Ping Hu ^a   Song, Dunlun ^a,c   Scherer, Clay W ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite; Horizontal transmission; Indoxacarb; Termite control

Indexed keywords

INDOXACARB; INSECTICIDE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE;

INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ISOPTERA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; OXAZINES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 27744490353     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1124     Document Type: Article

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