Food preference of Tribolium Confusum(duval) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) under laboratory conditions [electronic resource].

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This study was carried out in Laboratory of Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agricultural, Omar EI-Mokhtar University. It was found that Tribolium confusum preferred date palm than rice or rice flour also, it preferred date palm classifies (Seeidy Gallo) than Degla and Bacrary classifies. The results show that the insect preferred the external part of date palm fruit than the internal part (internal tissue and seed of date palm fruit), also, it preferred date palm fruit which containing more relative humidity than the less relative humidity.

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