Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1985
ACEPHATE AND AVERMECTINS FOR GERMAN COCKROACH CONTROL1
ACEPHATE AND AVERMECTINS FOR GERMAN COCKROACH CONTROL1
and
Page Range: 20 – 23
Acephate (1%), acephate (1%) plus 0.16% zinc ricinoleate (a deodorant) and 0.08% Tryfac 910-K® (a surfactant), and avermectins (0.02 and 0.1%) were applied in kitchens of single-family dwellings infested with Blattella germanica (L.). All gave control at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after initial application. There was no significant difference in control between insecticides or concentrations.
Keywords: German cockroach;
Blattella germanica
; Blattellidae; acephate; Orthene®; Avermectins
Copyright: © 1985 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
1 Dictyoptera: Blattellidae. Paper No. 9395 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC 27695-7601. Use of trade names in this publication does not imply endorsement of the products named or criticism of similar ones not mentioned.
Accepted: 21 Sept 1984