Area-wide suppression of invasive fire ant Solenopsis spp. populations

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 487-496

  Meer, R K Vander ^a   Pereira, R M ^a,b   Porter, S D ^a   Valles, S M ^a   Oi, D H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area wide; Baits; Fire ants; Integrated pest management; Pseudacteon spp.; Solenopsis invicta; Solenopsis richteri; Thelohania solenopsae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919674523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6059-5_45     Document Type: Chapter

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