2021年6月4日
Selective Arcing Electrostatically Eradicates Rice Weevils in Rice Grains
Insects
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- 巻
- 12
- 号
- 6
- 開始ページ
- 522
- 終了ページ
- 522
- 記述言語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.3390/insects12060522
- 出版者・発行元
- MDPI AG
We developed an arc discharge exposer (ADE) that kills rice weevils nesting in dried rice. The ADE features multiple identical metal plates, half of these are linked to a voltage generator and the others are grounded. The plates were arrayed in parallel and an electric field formed between them. Any insect entering the field was arced from the negatively charged plate and killed. The ADE was placed on a vessel containing pest-infested rice grains; the insects were lured out of the grains by mechanically vibrating the vessel. When rice grains move, insects tend to climb upward, thus, the weevils were effectively removed. Our electrostatic apparatus is easy to construct and could be used to control pests in stored rice.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.3390/insects12060522
- eISSN : 2075-4450
- PubMed ID : 34199841
- PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8228487