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research article

Khapra beetle control studies: Preliminary results of tests with fumigants and dust give promise of effective treatments against destructive pest

authors

D. L. Lindgren, University of California
L. E. Vincent, University of California
H. E. Krohne, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 9(3):8-9. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v009n03p8. March 1955.

Summary

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

The State of California, by Quarantine Regulation 21, effective January 12, 1955, prohibits the removal from property infested with the Khapra beetle—Trogoderma granarium, Everts—of all materials that might help the spread of this insect which is so destructive to stored grain and grain products.

author affiliations

D. L. Lindgren is Entomologist, University of California, Riverside. L. E. Vincent is Principal Laboratory Technician, University of California, Riverside. H. E. Krohne is Laboratory Technician, University of California, Riverside.