Heat of respiration of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) adults and larvae in stored wheat

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Cofie Agblor, R ^a   Muir, W E ^a   Zhang, Q ^a   Sinha, R N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calorimeter; Grain mechanical condition; Heat of respiration; Heat production; Insects; Larvae; Moisture content; Temperature; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030537449     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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