Mortality of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) at grain temperatures ranging from 50°C to 60°C obtained at different rates of heating in a spouted bed

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-332

  Beckett, S J ^a   Morton, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat disinfestation; Heat shock; Heat soak; Probit analysis; Rhyzopertha dominica; Spouted bed

Indexed keywords

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA;

EID: 0037465310     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(02)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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