Sunning as a technique for disinfesting stored beans

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-342

  Chinwada, P ^a   Giga, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Bean bruchids; Small farm technique; Solar disinfestation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030479249     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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