Infestation and development of Sitophilus spp. in pouch-packaged spaghetti in Japan

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1006-1010

  Murata, Mika ^a,b   Imamura, Taro ^a   Miyanoshita, Akihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insect infestation; Packaging; Pasta; Sitophilus oryzae; Sitophilus zeamais

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FLOUR; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLOUR; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; INSECT CONTROL; JAPAN;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; ORYZA; SITOPHILUS; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS;

EID: 46849091950     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1006:IADOSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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