Influence of commodity type, percentage of cracked kernels, and wheat class on population growth of stored-product psocids (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 985-990

  Athanassiou, Christos G ^a,b   Opit, George P ^c   Throne, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

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

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liposcelis; Varietal resistance; Wheat classes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GROWTH; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

LIPOSCELIDAE; LIPOSCELIS; LIPOSCELIS BOSTRYCHOPHILA; LIPOSCELIS DECOLOR; LIPOSCELIS ENTOMOPHILA; LIPOSCELIS PAETA; ORYZA SATIVA; PSOCIDAE; PSOCOPTERA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 77953054839     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09280     Document Type: Article

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