Rapid assessment of insect fragments in flour milled from wheat infested with known densities of immature and adult Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1714-1723

  Toews, Michael D ^a,b   Perez Mendoza, Joel ^a,c   Throne, James E ^a   Dowell, Floyd E ^a   Maghirang, Elizabeth ^a   Arthur, Frank H ^a   Campbell, James F ^a  

^a GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Schendel Pest Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect fragments; Internal insect infestation; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Rice weevil; Stored products

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; TRITICUM;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35649008906     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1714:RAOIFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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