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Control and Management of Pests in Stored Products
About This Book
Stored commodities are man-made ecosystems and interactions of biological agents with its surrounding physical environment could result in significant economic losses if physical environment is not manipulated to make it lethal or at least difficult for survival of biological agents. Control and Management of Pests in Stored Products is based on 18 invited presentations by world-renowned experts on topics of relevance to control and manage pests in stored products. Each chapter synthesizes the state-of-art knowledge on the selected topics dealing with fumigation, fumigants, and other methods of controlling insects such as low temperature, diatomaceous earth, integrated pest management and provides recommendations for future research. It also includes two chapters on practical aspects of fumigation dealing with engineering considerations and safety. The contents of the chapters were presented as the keynote addresses at the International Conference on Controlled Atmosphere and Fumigation in Stored Products.
This book serves as a reference book for graduate students, researchers, and facility managers, and can also be useful as a textbook for courses dealing with aspects of grain storage for students in agricultural engineering, agricultural entomology and food science.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- 1 Stored-Product Insects: Biology and Management Relevant to Controlled Atmospheres and Fumigation
- 2 Insect Resistance to Fumigants in Postharvest Commodity Protection: Monitoring and Management
- 3 Insect Biology re Controlled Atmospheres, Modified Atmospheres, and Hermetic Storage
- 4 Silo Bag Storage
- 5 High-Nitrogen and High-Carbon Dioxide Systems
- 6 Fumigation Process Using Chemicals and Controlled or Modified Atmospheres: Formulations, Introduction, and Monitoring
- 7 Extreme Temperatures for Insect Control
- 8 Chlorine Dioxide for Insect and Pathogen Control in Stored Commodities
- 9 Ethanedinitrile (EDN): A New Broad-Spectrum Fumigant for Forest Products
- 10 Aeration and Chilled Aeration for Insect, Mite, and Microflora Management and Grain Quality Preservation
- 11 Sulfuryl Fluoride and Propylene Oxide as Fumigants for Stored-Product Pest Control
- 12 Ethyl Formate for the Treatment of Invertebrate Pests
- 13 Progress and Prospect of Nitric Oxide Fumigation for Postharvest Control of Pests and Microorganisms
- 14 Contact Insecticides: Chemicals, Diatomaceous Earth, and Amorphous Silica for Stored-Grain Protection
- 15 Natural Products for Fumigation and Treatment
- 16 Engineering Aspects of Grain Fumigation
- 17 Modeling the Concentration of Phosphine and Insect Mortality with Computational Fluid Dynamics
- 18 Safety During Fumigation
- Index