Efficacy of nanostructured silica as a stored pulse protector against the infestation of bruchid beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 445-450

  Arumugam, Ganesh ^a   Velayutham, Veeramani ^a   Shanmugavel, Sakthivelkumar ^a   Sundaram, Janarthanan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bruchid beetle; Callosobruchus maculatus; Insect pest control; Pulses; Silica nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; SILICA;

BRUCHID BEETLE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLONY FORMING UNITS; NANOSTRUCTURED SILICA; PROTECTING AGENT; PULSES; SEED GERMINATION; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84976515036     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-015-0446-2     Document Type: Article

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