Use of molt-accelerating compounds, ecdysteroids, analogs thereof, and chitin synthesis inhibitors for controlling termites

The subject invention relates to the oral administration of ecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone for controlling subterranean termites ( Rhinotermitidae ), for example Reticulitermes flavipes and Coptotermes formosanus . In preferred embodiments these compounds are used in a termite bait.

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Hauptverfasser:	JAMES EDWARD KING, PAUL ALLEN NEESE, NAN-YAO SU
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES FISHING FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	The subject invention relates to the oral administration of ecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone for controlling subterranean termites ( Rhinotermitidae ), for example Reticulitermes flavipes and Coptotermes formosanus . In preferred embodiments these compounds are used in a termite bait.