A rapid and simple flour-disk bioassay for testing substances active against stored-product insects

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 865-875

  Xie, Y S ^a   Bodnaryk, R P ^a   Fields, P G ^a  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CRYPTOLESTES FERRUGINEUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0030468493     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent128865-5     Document Type: Article

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