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The effect of aeration on the vertical distribution of grain beetles (Coleoptera) in wheat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. M. Armitage ,
P. G. Day  and
G. J. Lewis
D. M. Armitage
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Slough Laboratory, London Road, Slough, Berks., UK.
P. G. Day
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Slough Laboratory, London Road, Slough, Berks., UK.
G. J. Lewis
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Slough Laboratory, London Road, Slough, Berks., UK.
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Abstract

In order to see if aeration causes grain beetles to become peripherally distributed in bulks of grain, the positions of adults were recorded 7–10 days after they had been placed in the middle of vertical columns of wheat 1200 mm long and 80 mm in diameter. The columns were held at 10 or 25°C, and a downward current of air was passed through half of them. At 10°C, there were more adults of Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) at the ends and fewer at the centre of aerated than unaerated tubes when a high airflow was used, and at 25°C, a similar difference occurred when aeration caused cooling, dampening or drying of the grain. Dampening at 10°C and drying at 25°C caused there to be fewer adults of Sitophilus granarius (L.) at the ends and more at the centre of aerated than unaerated tubes. However, vibration at 10°C encouraged the dispersion of weevils. Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) scarcely moved at 10 or 25°C under either aerated or unaerated conditions.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 73 , Issue 2 , June 1983 , pp. 233 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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