Evaluation of an automatic-timed insecticide application system for backyard mosquito control

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 560-565

  Cilek, J E ^a   Hallmon, C F ^a   Johnson, R ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Automatic mist systems; Culex quinquefasciatus; Synergized pyrethrins; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PYRETHRINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61549099000     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5775.1     Document Type: Article

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