Liposcelis bostrychophila (psocoptera: Liposcelididae), a stored food pest in the UK

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 179-190

  Turner, Bryan D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Booklouse; Domestic; Flour; Food industry; Insect growth regulators; Insecticides; Parthenogenetic; Physical control; Population variation; Psocid; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000376022     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670879409371879     Document Type: Article

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