Relative repellency and lethality of the neonicotinoids thiamethoxam and acetamiprid and an acetamiprid/bifenthrin combination to Reticulitermes flavipes termites

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1881-1887

  Smith, Joseph A ^a   Pereira, Roberto M ^a   Koehler, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonicotinoids; Soil penetration; Termite mortality; Treatment depth

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIPRID; BIFENTHRIN; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMETHOXAM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ISOPTERA; SOIL;

ANIMALS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; PYRETHRINS; PYRIDINES; SOIL; THIAZOLES;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 57849088303     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1881     Document Type: Article

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