Attractant-Mirex Bait Suppresses Activity of Reticulitermes Spp.

Authors: Esenther, G. R.; Beal, R. H.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 67, Number 1, February 1974 , pp. 85-88(4)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

A field trial with mirex as bait for Reticulitermes spp. was initiated in S Mississippi. Sound wood and attractant (decayed) wood-bait blocks, O.6×2.5×3.8 cm, pressure impregnated with mirex solution to a retention of 32 mg/block, were placed individually in the soil at 1.5-m spacing. Termite attacks on southern pine reference stakes were suppressed effectively. Since the termites fed more heavily on decayed than on sound wood, pickup of insecticides by the termites was far greater from the attractant blocks. An original installation of the mirex-attractant blocks effectively suppressed termites for 3 years.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1974-02-01

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Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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