Aerosol delivery of trail pheromone disrupts the foraging of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1572-1578

  Suckling, David Maxwell ^a   Stringer, Lloyd D ^a   Corn, Joshua E ^a   Bunn, Barry ^a   El Sayed, Ashraf M ^a   Vander Meer, Robert K ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Invasive species; Pheromone delivery; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta; Trail disruption; Trail pheromone; Z,E farnesene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FARNESENE; ALPHA-FARNESENE; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE;

AGGRESSION; ANT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL CONTROL; COMPRESSED AIR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHEROMONE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; PHEROMONES; SESQUITERPENES;

FORMICIDAE; NEPTUNIA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 84869886013     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3349     Document Type: Article

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