Practical pest management strategies to reduce pesticide runoff for argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) control

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2147-2153

  Greenberg, Les ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a   Richards, Jaben ^a   Wu, Xiaoqin ^a   Kabashima, John ^b   Wilen, Cheryl ^b   Gan, Jay ^a   Choe, Dong Hwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fipronil; Integrated pest management; Linepithema humile; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ANIMAL; ANT; INSECT CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

EID: 84916211903     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: 1938291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC14097     Document Type: Article

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