Combination of ivermectin and a monitoring device for the control of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the field

Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 915-926

  Mo, Jianchu ^a   Wang, Zhengyan ^a   Song, Xiaogang ^b   Guo, Jianqiang ^c   Gong, Yuegang ^c   Lu, Weiliang ^c   Nei, Agui ^c   Cheng, Jia'an ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Institute of Termite Control   (China)

^c Deqing Institute of Termite Control   (China)

Author keywords

Control; Coptotermes formosanus; Ivermectin; Monitoring device

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33744551947     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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