Tob. Sci., 1982, 26-08, p. 30-31, ISSN. 0082-4523
Spunbonded polyethylene sheet as a barrier for the cigarette beetle and its effect on chemical and moisture changes in stored tobacco
WARD W.H.; FLETCHER L.W.; CHILDS D.P.
Quality Control Manager, Export Leaf Tobacco Co., Wilson, NC, USA; Tobacco Storage Insects Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 10125, Richmond, VA, USA
During a storage period of 495 ± 169 days (x ± SD), 5-mil spunbonded polyethylene sheet liners (SP), in corrugated cardboard cases of flue-cured tobacco, gave good protection against penetration by the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (F)....