@article {10767,
	title = {Calorimetric evaluation of responses of Sitophilus oryzae and Tribolium confusum to elevated temperatures and controlled atmospheres},
	journal = {Journal of Stored Products Research},
	volume = {44},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {2008},
	pages = {295-303},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Metabolic heat rates, determined by microcalorimetry, were used to measure the effect of controlled atmospheres (CAs) and elevated temperatures on the stored-product insects Sitophilus oryzae (rice weevil) and Tribolium confusum (confused flour beetle). Results for larval and adult stages in air, and in a range of low O2 and/or high CO2 CAs, at temperatures from 15 to 45 [degree]C, showed the general effectiveness of such atmospheres in lowering the lethal temperatures relative to those in air. Effects on adult S. oryzae at 25 [degree]C were explored in more detail in experiments using the following conditions: exposure to anoxic CAs for extended times; exposure to hypoxic CAs; and simulated hermetic storage. A simple scanning calorimetric method was developed for determining lethal temperatures and a combined thermo-gravimetric and differential thermal-analysis method Was used to interpret the thermal events, due to loss of water, occurring at and above these temperatures. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Sitophilus oryzae},
	isbn = {0022-474X},
	author = {Downes, C. J. and van Epenhuijsen, C. W. and Lill, R. E. and Downes, J. E. and Carpenter, A. and Brash, D.}
}
