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Content Type:Q & A
Author(s):Anonymous
Title:[Fire ant control on lawns]
Column Name:No penalty for asking
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Source:Golf Journal. Vol. 55, No. 1, January/February 2002, p. 4.
Publishing Information:Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association
# of Pages:1
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Solenopsis geminata; Lawn turf; Ant control; Insecticide combinations; Problem-solving
Abstract/Contents:Responds to a question about how to keep fire ants off a home lawn before they start to build mounds. Describes the "Texas Two-Step Method", a control program developed at Texas A&M University. States that "the first step is to scatter fire ant bait, which contains food plus an insecticide, over the lawn...Second, treat the problem mounds, using a mound treatment." Explains that lawns can easily become reinfested if neighbors do not also control fire ants.
Language:English
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Anonymous. 2002. [Fire ant control on lawns]. Golf J. 55(1):p. 4.
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