α-Amylase activity of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) reared on several wheat varieties and its inhibition with kernel extracts

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2146-2150

  Cinco Moroyoqui, Francisco J ^a   Rosas Burgos, Ema C ^a   Borboa Flores, Jesús ^a   Cortez Rocha, Mario O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amylase inhibitors; R. Dominica isoamylases; Wheat resistance

Indexed keywords

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34248664687     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.6.2146     Document Type: Article

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