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CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to Storage Entomology
2. History of Grain or Seed Storage
3. Classification and Identification of Important Stored Grain/Seed Insects
4. Important Stored Grain and Seed Insect Pests
5. Detection of Infestation in Stored Product
6. Estimation of Losses Due to Insects in Stored Products
7. Sources and Kind of Infestation
8. Factors Affecting Infestation of Storage Insects
9. Methods of Storage and Different Storage Structures
10. Behavioral Management of Storage Insects
11. Management of Stored Grain and Seed Insects By Plant Products
12. Integrated Management of Storage Insects
13. Fumigation of Stored Products
14. Important Mites Associated with Stored Produce and their Management
15. Important Birds Associated with Stored Grain and Their Management
16. Important Rodents in Warehouse or Godown and Their Management*
17. Important Storage Fungi and Their Management
18. Stored Grain Insects of Quarantine Importance
Appendix 1 Calculation of Doses of Insecticides in Stored Grain Pest Management
Appendix 2 Records Keeping in Warehouses
Glossary
Index
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Ranjeet Kumar
Ranjeet Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist in the Post-Graduate Department of Entomology at Bihar Agriculture University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar has worked on stored product entomology for the sustainable and herbal management of stored grain and seed insect pests, investigating several herbal fumigants for the sustainable management of stored grain and seed insect. He has published several books and a manual on the topic as well as authored over 20 research papers in national and international journals. He has also published 19 popular articles in magazines and periodicals.
Dr. Kumar is life member or fellow of several scientific committee and societies. He received an award from an international conference on entomology at Punjabi University in Punjab.
Dr. Ranjeet Kumar earned his PhD (Stored Product Entomology) in 2010 from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
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ABOUT THE BOOK SERIES: POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
As we know, preserving the quality of fresh produce has long been a challenging task. In the past, several approaches were in use for the postharvest management of fresh produce, but due to continuous advancement in technology, the increased health consciousness of consumers, and environmental concerns, these approaches have been modified and enhanced to address these issues and concerns.
The Postharvest Biology and Technology series presents edited books that address many important aspects related to postharvest technology of fresh produce. The series presents existing and novel management systems that are in use today or that have great potential to maintain the postharvest quality of fresh produce in terms of microbiological safety, nutrition, and sensory quality.
The books are aimed at professionals, postharvest scientists, academicians researching postharvest problems, and graduate-level students. This series is intended to be a comprehensive venture that provides up-to-date scientific and technical information focusing on postharvest management for fresh produce.
Books in the series will address the following themes:
- Nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of fresh produce
- Postharvest physiology and biochemistry
- Biotic and abiotic factors affecting maturity and quality
- Preharvest treatments affecting postharvest quality
- Maturity and harvesting issues
- Nondestructive quality assessment
- Physiological and biochemical changes during ripening
- Postharvest treatments and their effects on shelf life and quality
- Postharvest operations such as sorting, grading, ripening, de-greening, curing etc
- Storage and shelf-life studies
- Packaging, transportation, and marketing
- Vase life improvement of flowers and foliage
- Postharvest management of spice, medicinal, and plantation crops
- Fruit and vegetable processing waste/byproducts: management and utilization
- Postharvest diseases and physiological disorders
- Minimal processing of fruits and vegetables
- Quarantine and phytosanitory treatments for fresh produce
- Conventional and modern breeding approaches to improve the postharvest quality
- Biotechnological approaches to improve postharvest quality of horticultural crops
We are seeking editors to edit volumes in different postharvest areas for the series. Interested editors may also propose other relevant subjects within their field of expertise, which may not be mentioned in the list above. We can only publish a limited number of volumes each year, so if you are interested, please email your proposal
[email protected] at your earliest convenience.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Editor-in-Chief:
Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, Ph.D.
Scientist-cum-Assistant Professor | Bihar Agricultural University
Department of Food Science and Technology | Sabour | Bhagalpur | Bihar | INDIA
AAP Acquisitions Editor, Horticultural Science
Founding/Managing Editor, Journal of Postharvest Technology
Books in the Postharvest Biology and Technology Series:
Postharvest Biology and Technology of Horticultural Crops: Principles and Practices for Quality Maintenance
Editor: Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, PhD
Postharvest Management of Horticultural Crops: Practices for Quality Preservation
Editor: Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, PhD
Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies
Ranjeet Kumar, PhD
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| ADI | Acceptable daily intake |
| APC | Agricultural Price Commission |
| APEDA | Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority |
| CA | controlled atmosphere |
| CACP | Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CT | carbon tetrachloride |
| CWC | Central Warehousing Corporation |
| DIPA | destructive insect pest act |
| DPPQS | Directorate of Plant Protection and Storage |
| EC | economic community |
| EDB | ethylene dibromide |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FCI | Food Corporation of India |
| GC | gas chromatography |
| GCMS | gas chromatography and mass spectra |
| GIT | gastrointestinal tract effects |
| IGSI | Indian Grain Storage Institute |
| IGSRTI | Indian Grain Storage Research and Training Institute |
| IOBC | International Organization on Biological Control |
| IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention |
| IR | infrared |
| LC | lethal concentration |
| LD | lethal dose |
| MB | methyl bromide |
| NBARD | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCIPM | National Center for Integrated Pest Management |
| NE | natural enemies |
| NIR | near infrared |
| NRI | Natural Resource Institute |
| PFAA | Prevention of Food Adulteration Act |
| PPO | Plant Protection Organization |
| RCA | Royal Commission on Agriculture |
| SGC | Save Grain Campaign |
| SGRL | Stored Grain Research Laboratory |
| SWC | State Warehousing Corporation |
| TC | toxic concentration |
| TD | toxic dose |
| USDA | United Nation Department of Agriculture |
| WCA | Warehousing Corporation Act |
| WDRA | Warehouse Development and Regulation Act |
| WFD | World Food Day |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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PREFACE
Stored products of agriculture and animal origin are attacked by more than 600 species of beetles, 70 species of moths, and about 355 species of mites, causing quantitative and qualitative losses. Insect contamination in food commodities is an important quality control problem of concern at different storage levels and for food and agricultural industries. According to recent estimates, about 70–75% of food grain is handled at farmer’s level in India where we do not have adequate scientific storage facilities and grain-protection technologies; rest 25-30% of food grain is procured and stored by Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), and State Warehousing Corporation (SWC) who have scientific storage facility. The surplus food grain and seeds of the nation needs keeping facilities and care during storage.
Alternative options to traditional management of stored grain insects pests are being advocated in several countries since last four decades. Integrated pest management, secondary metabolites of plant and their products, use of bio agents, manipulation of abiotic factors, inert dusts, and application of microbial pathogens are recently utilized fo...
