HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Forensic entomology is the well-researched method of determining the time since death in the later postmortem interval. In forensic entomology, the arthropod evidence associated with the corpse is most often used to estimate the elapsed time since death, or postmortem interval.

Detailed explanation-2: -Termed “minimum postmortem interval” (minPMI), the entomological estimation of this time period is based on the assumption that insects, commonly found in association with decomposing remains, arrive at a carcass shortly after death.

Detailed explanation-3: -Forensic entomologists need to know how long the body was stored in the morgue cooler and the temperature of the cooler in order to estimate PMI. Some studies have indicated as much as a 24-hour delay in adult emergence after being stored in coolers (Johl & Anderson, 1996).