Malathion-specific resistance in a strain of the rust red grain beetle Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-206

  Spencer, A G ^a,b   Price, N R ^c   Callaghan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOLESTES FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 0031976920     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300025761     Document Type: Article

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