Journal of
Stored Products and Postharvest Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Stored Prod. Postharvest Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6567
  • DOI: 10.5897/JSPPR
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 166

Full Length Research Paper

Investigating the periodic physical disturbance method in Ghana to control adult Sitophilus zeamais in maize storage

Bernard Darfour
  • Bernard Darfour
  • Radiation Technology Centre, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
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Kurt A. Rosentrater
  • Kurt A. Rosentrater
  • Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, Elings Hall, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
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  •  Received: 21 March 2023
  •  Accepted: 31 August 2023
  •  Published: 30 September 2023

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