Impact of varying levels of sanitation on mortality of tribolium castaneum eggs and adults during heat treatment of a pilot flour mill

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 703-708

  Brijwani, Monika ^a   Subramanyam, Bhadriraju ^a   Flinn, Paul W ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

efcacy assessment; heat treatment; red flour beetle; sanitation; temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FLOUR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; FLOUR; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSECT CONTROL; OVUM; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84859571476     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11115     Document Type: Article

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