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

Preliminary observations on a hot - water equipment for disinfesting maize grain from larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) and greater rice weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): A tool for rural farmers

Moses Zimba
  • Moses Zimba
  • Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Science, University of Zimbabwe, P. O. Box MP167 Mount Pleasant Harare, Zimbabwe.
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  •  Received: 28 December 2016
  •  Accepted: 20 March 2017
  •  Published: 31 May 2017

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