Efficacy of Diatomaceous Earth to Control Internal Infestations of Rice Weevil and Maize Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
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Efficacy of diatomaceous earth to control internal infestations of rice weevil and maize weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Densities of 10, 20, and 30 hard red winter wheat kernels, Triticum aestivum L., were infested with different life stages of the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.), mixed with 35 g of wheat treated with 300 ppm of the Protect-It (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) formulation of diatomaceous earth (DE), and held at 22, 27, and 32 degrees C. A similar test was conducted by exposing densities of 6, 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Entomology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1938-291X,0022-0493
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.2.510