Published January 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Assessment of insect infestation in gamma irradiated wheat flour over storage

  • 1. Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalore (India)
  • 2. Department of Physiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore (India)
  • 3. Centre for Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation Technology, Mangalore University, Mangalore (India)

Description

Wheat was one of the first domesticated food crops used worldwide as a diet. Insect infestation is the foremost problem encountered during storage of wheat. The object of this work was to examine the insect infestation in control and irradiated wheat flour over storage at different habitats. 60Co source gamma chamber was used to irradiate wheat flour at various doses (0.25 kGy, 0.5 kGy, 1 kGy, 5 kGy and 10 kGy)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research
Journal Volume
7
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 36
ISSN
0973-0168

Conference

Title
international conference on radiation research - impact on human health and environment and first biennial meeting of society for radiation research: abstracts
Acronym
ICRR-HHE 2016
Dates
11-13 Oct 2016
Place
Mumbai (India)