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n. - A genus of Bruchidae.

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  • Acanthoscelides obtectus was less susceptible to diflubenzuron, with 1 ppm resulting in a 52% reduction in emergence, and 5 ppm in a 74% reduction.
  • Bean bruchids (Acanthoscelides obtectus and Zabrotes subfasciatus) are snout less weevils about 2. 5mm long and are the major storage pests of beans.
  • The effectiveness of teflubenzuron, three analogues and diflubenzuron against Sitophilus granarius, Acanthoscelides obtectus, Tribolium confusum and Trogoderma granarium...
  • Rodrigues and Pratissoli (1990) carried out small-scale laboratory trials to evaluate the pathogenicity of Beauveria brongniartii and M. anisopliae for Sitophilus zeamais and...
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