Improving liquid bait programs for Argentine ant control: Bait station density

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1475-1484

  Nelson, Erik H ^a   Daane, Kent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant bait; Biological control; Grapes; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANT; BAIT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; MUTUALISM; PEST SPECIES; SUSTAINABILITY; VINEYARD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; GRAPE; HEMIPTERA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CALIFORNIA; CARBOHYDRATES; HEMIPTERA; LINEAR MODELS; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; VITIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CITRUS X PARADISI; LECANIUM; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PARTHENOLECANIUM CORNI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 40549097750     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1475:ILBPFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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