Simulation model of the Mediterranean flour moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Danish flour mills

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1060-1066

  Skovgård, Henrik ^a   Holst, Niels ^b   Nielsen, Per S ^a  

^a Microbiology Section   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ephestia kuehniella; Flour mills; Integrated control; Population dynamics; Simulation model; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MOTH; PEST CONTROL; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; EPHESTIA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0343484253     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.6.1060     Document Type: Article

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