Flat grain beetles (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) are common stored-product insect pests in Canada, infesting cereals bins, equipment and end products flour mills. We studied the cold tolerance of three most flat beetles: Cryptolestes ferrugineus, turcicus pusillus, by measuring survival at −10 °C supercooling point (SCP) for different life stages (egg, young larva, old pupa adult) reared on mixe...

The stored-product insects are one of the major causes losses in stored cereals. Most control measures still rely on a synthetic pesticide usage, but due to its negative side effects goods, human health, and environment, there is an urgent need for alternative control. A natural formulation based diatomaceous earth (DE) SilicoSec®, enhanced with botanicals (essential oil lavender, corn oil, bay...

Forensic entomology is an application of studies related to insects and other arthropods in legal matters. Depth knowledge experience the biodiversity, biology, ecology, behavior forensic found on a human corpse or at crime site, can provide information about time since death, location crime, some cases cause death. Although are used investigation for three four decades, it aroused recently as ...

the purpose of this study was identification and applying ahp method in prioritization and comparison educational barriers and sustainable development on production of edible insects as diets from the viewpoint of selected groups. it was an applied research, research method was analytical, descriptive and statistical society was four groups of specialists, livestock and poultry producers, insec...

Abstract Four types of biochars were prepared from rice husk as farm waste, sugarcane bagasse sugar cane juice store residues Leucaena leucocephala tree horticulture waste and chicken manure reduce at 700 ο C, then evaluated a alternative to control Tribolium castaneum , Rhyzopertha dominica Oryzaephlius surinamensis Sitophilus oryzae . The character each type has been defined using Scanning El...

Sitophilus zeamais is one of the main pests stored corn. The objective present work was to identify resistance corn genotypes attack different densities S. zeamais. 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 adult insects were used for infestation in samples four maize genotypes: Nutricional Embrapa, Milho Roxo, 8 Carreiras Palha Roxa. number emerged insects, grain mass loss, insect weight, longevity sex ratio eval...