Triple bag hermetic storage delivers a lethal punch to Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in stored maize

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-19

  Njoroge, A W ^a   Affognon, H D ^a   Mutungi, C M ^a   Manono, J ^a   Lamuka, P O ^b   Murdock, L L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermetic storage; Maize; PICS bag; Polypropylene bag; Prostephanus truncatus

Indexed keywords

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84906793863     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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