Toxicity of seven termiticides on the Formosan and eastern subterranean termites

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1002-1008

  Mao, Lixin ^a,b   Henderson, Gregg ^a   Scherer, Clay W ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DuPont Corp ^*  (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; lethal contraction; lethal dose; Reticulitermes flavipes; toxicity ranking

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 79960366079     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11005     Document Type: Article

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