JAIC 1998, Volume 37, Number 3, Article 3 (pp. 282 to 292)
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JAIC 1998, Volume 37, Number 3, Article 3 (pp. 282 to 292)

ELIMINATION OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE POPULATIONS FROM THE STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT USING A BAIT MATRIX CONTAINING AN INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR, HEXAFLUMURON

NAN-YAO SU, JAMEY D. THOMAS, & RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN




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AUTHOR INFORMATION

NAN-YAO SU graduated with a Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Hawaii in 1983. After spending three years as a postdoctoral associate studying the behavioral ecology and control of subterranean termites at the Louisiana State University and the University of Hawaii, he joined the faculty of the University of Florida in 1985. He is currently professor of entomology at the Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida. Address: Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 3205 College Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33314.

JAMEY D. THOMAS received his Ph.D. in entomology from Louisiana State University in 1994. He joined Dow AgroSciences upon graduation and is currently a senior research biologist responsible for field development of structural pest control products for the East Coast. Address: Dow AgroSciences, 5 Bel Air South Pkwy., Suite 109, Bel Air, Md. 21015.

RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN obtained his undergraduate and postgraduate education at the University of California, Riverside, finishing in 1984, and joined the University of Florida faculty in 1985. He is currently professor of entomology at the Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida. Address: as for Su.


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