Inorganic Salts as Repellents for Package-Penetrating Insects
- 1 June 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 41 (3) , 413-416
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/41.3.413
Abstract
NH4Cl and NH4NO3 were tested as repellent impregnating substances for packages, using the American roach, the meal-worm, and the cadelle as the penetrating insects. Both salts seem to have promise for this purpose, NH4Cl being superior. Proper construction and sealing of packages, however, is probably the most important factor in excluding insect pests from packaged foods.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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