Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 1:35 PM
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Genetic manipulation and its potential for control of termites and other urban pests

Claudia Husseneder, chusseneder@agcenter.lsu.edu, Rachael Collier, rcollier@agcenter.lsu.edu, and Deanna Colby, dcolby@agcenter.lsu.edu. Louisiana State University, Entomology, 404 Life Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA



Species 1: Isoptera Rhinotermitidae Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
Species 2: Hymenoptera Formicidae Solenopsis invicta (Red imported fire ant)