Postharvest insect infestation in maize grain stored in woven polypropylene and in hermetic bags
Maize was artificially infested with either 10 or 25 individual Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) and Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) or a mixture of both, and stored in a hermetic grain bag (HGB) or a woven polypropylene bag (WPB) for 150 days. Population growth of P. truncatus and S. zeamais during s...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Springer
2012
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76070 |
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