“This study has shown the effectiveness of [treated] polymer packaging against T. castaneum and T. variable. Exposure of various life stages of both insect species on the treated packaging produced lethal and sub-lethal effects. Packaging treatments could be used as a preventive method to help manage stored-product insects in facilities where bagged and packaged food products are stored. Further experiments can be done to evaluate different [treated] packaging materials to assess efficacy on stored-product insects that were not evaluated in this study.”
Deanna S. Scheff, Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Frank H. Arthur
Effect of ProvisionGard® treated polymer packaging on fecundity, egg
hatchability, and egg-to-adult emergence of Tribolium castaneum and
Trogoderma variabile
Journal of Stored Products Research, 18 July 2016
