Fumigant toxicity of essential oils to the German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 781-790

  Phillips, Alicia K ^a   Appel, Arthur G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Essential oils; Fumigation; Ootheca

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUMIGATION; LD 50; MALE;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; FUMIGATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; OOTHECA;

EID: 77953053784     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09358     Document Type: Article

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