Toxicity of diatomaceous earth to red flour beetles and confused flour beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) : Effects of temperature and relative humidity

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 526-532

  Arthur, Frank H ^a  

^a GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatomaceous earth; Flour beetles; Insecticides; Surface treatment; Tribolium castaneum; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

INFUSORIAL EARTH; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; HUMIDITY; INSECT CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; HUMIDITY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034170580     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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