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Dependence of Uric Acid Content in Stored Grain on the Population Density of the Rice Weevil Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae)

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Experimental research demonstrated a positive linear correlation between the amount of uric acid, accumulated in stored wheat grain because of vital activity of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae, and the density of these weevils in grain.

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    G. F. Zakladnoy & A. V. Yaitskikh

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Zakladnoy, G.F., Yaitskikh, A.V. Dependence of Uric Acid Content in Stored Grain on the Population Density of the Rice Weevil Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae). Entmol. Rev. 100, 170–172 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820020049

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