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A Technique for the Collection of Tyrophagus putrescentiae Eggs of Uniform Age1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. A. Sellen  and
P. S. Barker
R. A. Sellen
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Manitoba
P. S. Barker
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Among the acari there are many species that damage food products (Sinha 1964; Solomon 1936; Cunnington 1965). However, very little information is available on the effect of fumigation on these organisms. Amaro (1963) developed a technique for the fumigation of the eggs of Acarus siro L. that exploits some of the behaviour patterns and preferences of that species. Since this method cannot be applied to Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank), a pest of stored products, an attempt was made to seek other methods by which eggs of this species of a reasonably uniform age could be obtained for fumigation.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 109
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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