Surface contact toxicity and synergism of several insecticides against different stages of the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 734-740

  How, Yee Fatt ^a,b   Lee, Chow Yang ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Bentz Jaz Singapore Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cimex hemipterus; Piperonyl butoxide; Surface contact toxicity; Synergism; Tropical bed bug

Indexed keywords

BIFENTHRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYHALOTHRIN; FENITROTHION; FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID;

ADULT; BIFENTHRIN; FENITROTHION; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIMEX; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; DDT; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FENITROTHION; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NITRILES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PYRAZOLES; PYRETHRINS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CIMEX; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955497560     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2123     Document Type: Article

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