Author:
Shweil Thekra Habib,Al-Jubouri Raghad Khalaf
Abstract
Abstract
A laboratory experiment was applied to evaluate the effect of wheat flour, wheat groats, and rice grains on the growth and development of the red rusty flour beetle Tribolium castaneum in terms of number (eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults) and percentages (hatching, pupation, and adult emergence). The results showed the highest number (eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults) on wheat flour were 70.00 eggs, 58.33 larvae, 44.66 pupae, and 39.66 adults, respectively. The highest percentages of (hatching, pupation, and emergence of adults) on wheat flour were 83.56%, 77.35%, and 88.28% respectively.
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