PICS bags for post-harvest storage of maize grain in West Africa

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-28

  Baoua, I B ^a   Amadou, L ^a   Ousmane, B ^a   Baributsa, D ^b   Murdock, L L ^b  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger INRAN   (Niger)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermetic; Maize; Postharvest; Prostephanus truncatus; Sitophilus zeamais

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84906794621     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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