Toxicity of beta cyfluthrin applied alone or in combination with diatomaceous earth against adults of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium confusum DuVal (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) on stored wheat

Crop Protection

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 788-794

  Athanassiou, C G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beta cyfluthrin; Diatomaceous earth; Sitophilus oryzae; Stored wheat; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIATOMITE; INSECTICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; WHEAT;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33744506045     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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