Delivery system using sodium alginate virus loaded pellets to red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta, Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-241

  Tufts, Danielle M ^a,c   Spencer, Kyle ^a   Hunter, Wayne B ^b   Bextine, Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

ant management; anti infecting virus; biological control; microencapsulation; mortality; Solenopsis invicta virus (SINV)

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN; VIRUS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 79960789174     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.094.0217     Document Type: Article

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