Effects of dose, donor-recipient interaction time and ratio on fipronil transmission among the Formosan subterranean termite nestmates (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Song, Dunlun ^a,b   Hu, Xing Ping ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Non repellent termiticide; Social insects; Termite control; Toxic transmission

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33745877632     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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