Mediterranean Entomology: Khapra beetle

Donnerstag, 6. November 2008

Khapra beetle

Trogoderma granarium (Dermestidae)

Commodities attacked: dried animal and plant material, e.g. oilseeds, processed foods, grain and grain products. Economic importance: high, especially in bagged produce in hot dry climates, persistent in storage structures and transportation and Pest of international quarantine concern. Distribution: North and West Africa to Burma and central Asia. Occasional or absent in Europe; North, North-East and South-East Asia; southern Africa; absent in Australasia and Americas.

Resource: Insects of Stored Grains, second edition, David Rees.

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My Publications:

1- A. Ali, H. Sermann, C. Büttner. Susceptibility of Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae) to entomopathogenic fungi. Comm. Appl. Biol. Sci, Ghent University, V: 73(3) 349-666 (2008), p: 589-597. ISSN: 1379-1176.

2- A. Ali, H. Sermann, C. Büttner: Pathogenicity of the entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium to adults of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, V: 115. P: 43.Febraury 2008. ISSN: 1861-3837.

3- A. Ali, H. Sermann, C. Büttner. Susceptibility of Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata to entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection V: 116. P: 39. February 2009. ISSN: 1861-3837.

4- J. Liebetrau, A. Ali, H. Sermann, C. Büttner. Effect of the entomopathogenic Lecanicillium muscarium on adults of Rhagoletis cerasi. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, V: 115, P: 92. April 2008. ISSN: 1861-3837.

5- S. Müller, A. Ali, H.A. Lüderitz, H. Sermann, C. Büttner. Natural occurrence of nematodes in the region Berlin. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, V: 114, P: 93. April 2007. ISSN: 1861-3837.

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