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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WET GRAIN, CRYPTOLESTES FERRUGINEUS (COLEOPTERA: CUCUJIDAE) POPULATIONS, AND HEATING IN WHEAT STORED IN GRANARIES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. B. Smith
L. B. Smith
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M9
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Abstract

Water added to stored wheat in the Prairie Provinces of western Canada promotes heating in the autumn and early winter. A rapid increase in a population of C. ferrugineus (Stephens) where the wheat was wet occurred after heating began and was, therefore, a consequence of the heating and not a cause.

Résumé

L'eau ajoutée au blé en entrepôt dans les provinces des Prairies favorise la fermentation du grain en automne et au début de l'hiver. La hausse rapide de la population de C. ferrugineus (Stephens) notée pour le grain gourd a suivi la fermentation et par conséquent dérivait de celle-ci au lieu d'en être la cause.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 115 , Issue 10 , October 1983 , pp. 1383 - 1394
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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