Battling bait aversion: novel technique to test contact kill anchors new cockroach bait formulation.(My Turn: INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS SPEAK OUT) From: Pest Control | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: Bao, Nonggang | COPYRIGHT 2007 Questex Media Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Since their debut in the mid-1980s, cockroach baits have become the No. 1 choice of many pest management professionals (PMPs) for cockroach treatment. But despite the effectiveness of modern baits, the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) has shown its resiliency in recent years, demonstrating aberrant-feeding behavior that has presented a challenge to our industry.

Bait aversion is a behavioral avoidance phenomenon by which some Ger...