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Title Integration of Repellents, Attractants, and Insecticides in a “Push-Pull” Strategy for Managing German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) Populations.
Author Nalyanya G, Moore CB, & Schal C.
Date 2000
Description The authors measured the effectiveness of cockroach insecticides when paired with behavior manipulation of repellants ("push"), attractants ("pull"), or both ("push-pull"). They found that push-pull approaches helped concentrate cockroach populations.
Keywords cockroaches, pesticides, pest control
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15535588
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