Relative susceptibility of Tribolium confusum life stages exposed to elevated temperatures

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2168-2173

  Boina, Dhanaraj ^a   Subramanyam, Bhadriraju ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated temperatures; Heat tolerance; Methyl bromide alternative; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 12344315303     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.6.2168     Document Type: Article

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