A German cockroach (Blatella germanica (L)) strain, Apyr‐R, was collected from Opelika,
Alabama after control failures with pyrethroid insecticides. Levels of resistance to permethrin …

… The toxicity and repellency of corn mint, Mentha arvensis L., oil to American cockroaches,
Periplaneta americana (L.), and German cockroaches was determined by Appel et al. (2001). …

Bait formulations containing boric acid, chlorpyrifos, or hydramethylnon were evaluated in
field and laboratory experiments against the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.). In …

Critical temperatures and the upper lethal limit (ULL) of field collected workers of Formosan
subterranean, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, and eastern subterranean termites, …

Repellency and toxicity of 2% mint oil granules were evaluated against worker red imported
fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren, in a series of laboratory and field experiments. In …

Telomeres consist of highly conserved simple tandem telomeric repeat motif (TRM): (TTAGG)n
in arthropods, (TTAGGG)n in vertebrates, and (TTTAGGG)n in most plants. TRM can be …

The fumigant toxicity of eight essential oil components, 1-8-cineole, carvacrol, eugenol, (−)-menthone,
(−)-linalool, S-(−)-limonene, (−)-β-pinene, and (+)-α-pinene, was tested against …

German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (L.), remain one of the most difficult indoor insect
species to control because of its ability to develop resistance to insecticides. The toxicity and …

Simple Summary Some cockroaches that live within and around human environments are
considered pests of public health importance because they can carry and transfer human …

… (L.), and German cockroach was determined by Appel et al. (2001). Corn mint oil, containing
… Appel, AG 2008. Behavioral and physiological aspects of energetics and respiration …