Tob. Sci., 1976, 20-05, p. 14-16, ISSN.0082-4523
Plastic sheets for protecting stored tobacco from the cigarette beetle
Tobacco Storage Insects Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA
In a confined arena sheets resistant to penetration by adults of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (F.), were high density 1-mil polycarbonate, 1.5-mil polypropylene, low density 4-mil polyethylene and 8- and 10-mil spunbonded polyethylene;...