Post-harvest control of the grain chinch bug macchiademus diplopterus (heteroptera: Lygaeidae) on pears in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 671, Issue , 2005, Pages 549-553

  Addison, P ^a  

^a ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Controlled atmosphere; Mortality; Quarantine; Regular atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957817611     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.671.76     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Myburgh, A.C. and Kriegler. P.J. 1967. The grain stink-bug, Blissus diplopterus Dist., as a pest of export fruit, with special reference to its cold-hardiness. Journal of the entomological Society of southern Africa 29: 90-95.
2. Slater, J.A. and Wilcox, D.B. 1973. The chinch bugs or Blissinae of South Africa (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Memoirs of the entomological Society of southern Africa 12: 15-105.