Effects of m-tyrosine on feeding and survival of formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1088-1093

  Gautam, Bal K ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Coptotermes formosanus; Feeding deterrent; Wood preservative

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIFEEDANT; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TERMITE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 56849109820     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746-101.6.1088     Document Type: Article

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