Kernel-kernel interactions and behavioral responses of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-135

  Trematerra, Pasquale ^a   Valente, Annalisa ^a   Athanassiou, Christos G ^b   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behavioral responses; Kernel kernel interactions; Sitophilus zeamais; Stored maize

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34249657405     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.129     Document Type: Article

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