A Pest or Otherwise? Encounter of <i>Oryctes rhinoceros</i> (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with Persistent Organic Pollutants

The potential use of invertebrates as bioreactors to treat environmental pollutants is promising and of great interest. Three types of the persistent organic pollutants (POPs), namely pentachlorophenol (PCP), PAHs (naphthalene and phenanthrene) and dieldrin (DLN), were spiked in soil and treated by...

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Main Authors: Meng-Wei Shen, Hung-Chuan Chen, Shyi-Tien Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/9/818