Impact of ant control technologies on insecticide runoff and efficacy

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 980-987

  Greenberg, Les ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a   Klotz, John H ^a   Haver, Darren ^b   Kabashima, John N ^b   Bondarenko, Svetlana ^a   Gan, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Bifenthrin; Fipronil; Urban insecticide runoff; Urban watershed; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIFENTHRIN; FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID;

ANT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INSECTICIDE; IRRIGATION; PEST CONTROL; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; HOUSING; INSECT CONTROL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HOUSING; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PYRAZOLES; PYRETHRINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 77955997545     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1970     Document Type: Article

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