@ARTICLE{Kłyś_Małgorzata_Nutritional_2006,
 author={Kłyś, Małgorzata},
 volume={vol. 46},
 number={No 4},
 journal={Journal of Plant Protection Research},
 pages={359-367},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2006},
 publisher={Committee of Plant Protection PAS},
 publisher={Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute},
 abstract={The subject of this study was Rhizopertha dominica F. population. The primary question referred to was the process of the lesser grain borer population spread depending on nutritional preferences of this species. The aim of performed laboratory experiments was to examine the adults’ ability to choose preferred kinds of food i conditions of free migration among them and to analyze the dynamics of population size. Sex ratio and the migration rate were also analyzed. Four types of food were used during the experiments: wheat, oat flakes, pearl barley and semolina. The experiments were conducted at 28°C and 60 ± 5% of relative humidity. Results of the study revealed that oat flakes were the most favourable nutriment for adult R. dominica whereas wheat grain was the most favourable for the population size since larvae were protected by grains and thus their increased number could survive. No population development in semolina was observed. It was the result of too small granulation of this food.},
 type={Artykuły / Articles},
 title={Nutritional preferences of the lesser grain borer Rhizopertha dominica F. (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae) under conditions of free choice of food},
 URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/118570/PDF/359-367_Nutritional%20preferences.pdf},
 keywords={Rhizopertha dominica, feeding activity, population dynamics, mortality, sex ratio},
}