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Wednesday, 17 November 2004 - 9:24 AM
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The toxicity of fatty acid salts to cockroaches
Rebecca W. Baldwin, baldwinr@ufl.edu and Philip Koehler, pgk@ufl.edu. University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology, P.O. Box 110620, Gainesville, FL
A bioassay was conducted to determine the toxicity of fatty acid salts to German cockroaches, Blattella germanica and American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana. Sodium and potassium fatty acid salts with carbon chains ranging from 8 to 18 were tested according to solubility. Effective dose was determined for each fatty acid for both species utilizing a dip application.
Species 1: Blattodea Blattidae Periplaneta americana (American Cockroach)
Species 2: Blattodea Blattellidae Blattella germanica (German Cockroach)
Keywords: cockroach, IPM
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