Horizontal transfer of bait in the German cockroach: Indoxacarb causes secondary and tertiary mortality

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 894-901

  Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Scherer, Clay W ^b   Bennett, Gary W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Blattella germanica; German cockroach; Horizontal transfer; Indoxacarb

Indexed keywords

INDOXACARB; INSECTICIDE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; DEATH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTICIDES; OXAZINES;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 46849109711     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[894:HTOBIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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