Prospects of traditional seed storage strategies against insect infestation adopted by two ethnic communities of Tamil Nadu, southern peninsular India

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-134

  Kiruba, Solomon ^a   Das, Sathiadas Sam Manohar ^a   Papadopoulou, Smaragdi ^b  

^a SCOTT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethnic storage systems; Post harvest activities; Stored product pests; Storehouses

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PALMYRA;

EID: 77952158899     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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