Effect of surface material on electrostatic charging of houseflies (Musca domestica L)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 374-380

  McGonigle, Daniel F ^a   Jackson, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Charge; Insect; Pollination; Trap; Triboelectrification

Indexed keywords

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; GLASS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

INSECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FLYING; HOUSE FLY; HUMIDITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

ACETALS; ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTATICS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GLASS; HOUSEFLIES; HUMIDITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036006220     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.463     Document Type: Article

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