Quality maintenance performance and resistance to tribolium castaneum and plodia interpunctella penetration of an alt ernative packaging material for semolina

Italian Journal of Food Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Licciardello, F ^a   Cocuzza, G E ^a   Russo, A ^a   Muratore, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insect pests; Packaging; Plodia interpunctella; Quality parameters; Shelf life; Tribolium castaneum; Wheat semolina

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; SEMOLINA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79953882477     PISSN: 11201770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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