Application of boric acid baits to plant foliage for adult mosquito control

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 497-500

  Xue, Rui De ^a   Kline, Daniel L ^b   Ali, Arshad ^c   Barnard, Donald R ^b  

^a Anastasia Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulticide; Aedes albopictus; Culex nigripalpus; Mosquito control; Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus; Stomach poison

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULEX; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; OCHLEROTATUS; PLANT LEAF;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BORIC ACIDS; CULEX; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OCHLEROTATUS; PLANT LEAVES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; OCHLEROTATUS TAENIORHYNCHUS;

EID: 33750407931     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[497:AOBABT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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