Response of the subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to soil treated with microencapsulated fenobucarb

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1224-1229

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

^a SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sumika Enviro Science Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Fenobucarb; Microcapsule; Soil treatment

Indexed keywords

BPMC; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL TEST; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CARBAMATES; DRUG COMPOUNDING; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; LARVA; SOIL;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 36349006490     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1442     Document Type: Article

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