Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Effect of modified atmosphere on mortality of various life stages of cigarette beetle, Lasioderma Serricorne (Fabricius)
Author(s): Suneethamma K, Hariprasad KV and Radhika P
Abstract: The study was conducted during 2015-2016 at ARS, Anantapuram to find out the mortality response of cigarette beetle to modified atmosphere. The Tested MA was N2:O2:CO2 80: 00: 20 MA1, 80: 05: 15 MA 2, 80: 10: 10 MA 3, 80: 15: 5 MA 4, and Untreated MA5 with 24 hrs of exposure period. The results showed that insect mortality increased by decreasing the O2 concentration or by increasing the CO2 concentration. This study revealed that among the all the life stages tested, pupal stage were found to be most tolerant followed by late instar, egg, adult, middle instar and early instar grubs to all tested MA.
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Suneethamma K, Hariprasad KV, Radhika P. Effect of modified atmosphere on mortality of various life stages of cigarette beetle, Lasioderma Serricorne (Fabricius). Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):3139-3144.
