Microencapsulated bait: Does it work with red imported fire ants, solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)?

Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 729-737

  Kafle, Lekhnath ^a   Wu, Wen Jer ^a   Vander Meer, Robert K ^b   Huang, Yi You ^a   Shih, Cheng Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Microencapsulation; P bait; Preference; Solenopsis invicta; Water tolerance

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67650695998     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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