Low-temperature as an alternative to fumigation to disinfest stored tobacco of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-91

  Imai, Toshihiro ^a   Harada, Haruyasu ^a  

^a JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cigarette beetle; Lasioderma serricorne; Low temperature; Tobacco; Warehouse

Indexed keywords

ANOBIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LASIODERMA SERRICORNE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33645727484     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.87     Document Type: Article

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