Gamma irradiation as a quarantine treatment for apples infested by codling moth (Lep., Tortricidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-141

  Mansour, Mohammed ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FRUIT; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LARVA; MOTH; PEST CONTROL;

CYDIA POMONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0037398441     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2003.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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