The effect of modified atmospheres on the survival of the eggs of four storage mite species

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 115-130

  Conyers, Simon T ^a   Bell, Christopher H ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheese and grain mites; Egg hatch; Exposure time; Modified atmospheres; Storage mites

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HATCHING; MITE; PEST SPECIES; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ACARUS FARRIS; ACARUS SIRO; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; SIRO; TYROPHAGUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROCLIMATE; MITE; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MICROCLIMATE; MITES; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1442288605     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000005110.19969.23     Document Type: Article

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