Three-dimensional distribution and sampling indices of insects and mites in horizontally-stored wheat

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-426

  Athanassiou, Christos G ^a   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^b   Palyvos, Nickolas E ^a   Buchelos, Constantin Th ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Grain trier; Spatial pattern; Stored wheat; Stored product pests

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ASTIGMATA; BOSTRICHIDAE; CHEYLETIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; GLYCYPHAGUS DOMESTICUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORYZAEPHILUS SURINAMENSIS; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PROSTIGMATA; PYRALIDAE; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SILVANIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 0242662492     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.413     Document Type: Article

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