Mites as selective fungal carriers in stored grain habitats

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 69-87

  Hubert, Jan ^a   Stejskal, Václav ^a   Kubátová, Alena ^b   Munzbergová, Zuzana ^b,c   Váňová, Marie ^b   Žd'árková, Eva ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Food; Fungi; Mites; Storage; Transport; Vector

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; MITE; PEST SPECIES; VECTOR;

ACARI; ACARUS SIRO; BRASSICA; CALOGLYPHUS; FUNGI; LACTUCA; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; PAPAVER; SIRO; STREPTOMYCES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

ACARIDAE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BRASSICA; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTUCE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PLANT SEED; WHEAT;

ACARIDAE; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FUNGI; LETTUCE; MUSTARD PLANT; SEEDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 1542752555     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024271107703     Document Type: Article

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