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The storage of flour in jute bags treated with insecticides
Author(s) -
Atkins W. G.,
Greer E. N.
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740040306
Subject(s) - infestation , toxicology , contamination , food science , biology , mathematics , environmental science , horticulture , ecology
Abstract Experiments are described in which flour stored in jute bags, the fabric of which had been impregnated with insecticides, was exposed to infestation by the species Ephestia kühniella, Ptinus tectus and Tribolium confusum. The use of 1% (w/w) of DDT in the fabric provided good protection against the first two named, and fair, but by no means absolute, protection against T. confusum. Transfer of insecticide to the flour occurred to an extent sufficient to be classed as contamination.