Measurements of the Hansen solubility parameters of mites and cockroaches to improve pest control applications

Various pests, such as cockroaches and mites, can negatively affect agriculture and human health. Many pesticides have been developed to control these pests. The surfaces of pests are hydrophobic, so an insecticide in an aqueous solution will be repelled by the surface of a pest and therefore will n...

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Main Authors: Yuki Kato, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Hideki Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019336060