Field and laboratory evaluation of persistence and bioavailability of soil termiticides to desert subterranean termite Heterotermes aureus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1345-1353

  Baker, Paul B ^a   Bellamy, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloronicotinyl; Organophosphate; Pyrethroid; Termiticides

Indexed keywords

HETEROTERMES AUREUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33750432844     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-99.4.1345     Document Type: Article

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