The mortality of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at moderate temperatures

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-376

  Beckett, S J ^a   Morton, R ^a   Darby, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Moderate temperatures; Moisture content; Mortality; Probit analysis; Rhyzopertha dominica; Sitophilus oryzae

Indexed keywords

RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE;

EID: 0032192075     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(98)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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