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Selective Arcing Electrostatically Eradicates Rice Weevils in Rice Grains

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Rice stored in warehouses is frequently attacked by rice weevils, which must therefore be controlled. We developed an electrostatic method as an alternative to pesticides. An arc discharge exposer (ADE) kills insects entering an electric field. The apparatus has pairs of identical me...

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Autores principales: Kakutani, Koji, Takikawa, Yoshihiro, Matsuda, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34199841
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12060522