Laboratory evaluation of bistrifluron, a benzoylphenylurea compound, as a bait toxicant against Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1363-1368

  Kubota, Shunichi ^a   Shono, Yoshinori ^a   Matsunaga, Tadahiro ^a   Tsunoda, Kunio ^b  

^a SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bait toxicant; Benzoylphenylurea; Bistrifluron; Coptotermes formosanus

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33750435168     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.4.1363     Document Type: Article

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