Testing baits to control Argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in vineyards

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 699-709

  Daane, Kent M ^a   Cooper, Monica L ^a   Sime, Karen R ^a   Nelson, Erik H ^b   Battany, Mark C ^c   Rust, Michael K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Linepithema humile; Liquid baits; Pseudococcidae; Vineyards

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMETHOXAM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GRAPE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; BORIC ACIDS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; THIAZOLES; VITIS;

COCCIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 46849089691     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[699:TBTCAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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