Sulfuryl fluoride as a quarantine treatment for emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in ash logs

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 603-611

  Barak, Alan V ^a   Messenger, Matthew ^a   Neese, Paul ^b   Thoms, Ellen ^c   Fraser, Ivich ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus; Fraxinus; Fumigation; Quarantine; Sulfuryl fluoride

Indexed keywords

SULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFURYL FLUORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EVALUATION; FRAXINUS; FUMIGATION; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FRAXINUS; FUMIGATION; OVUM; SULFINIC ACIDS; WOOD;

AGRILUS; AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 77953078152     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09273     Document Type: Article

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