Area-wide management of the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus in New Orleans' French Quarter

Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests: From Research to Field Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 617-626

  Lax, A R ^a   Guillot, F S ^a   Ring, D R ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area wide termite management; Coptotermes formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite; Population management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873865719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6059-5_57     Document Type: Chapter

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