BookChristos G. Athanassiou, Frank H. Arthur, editors.
Summary: "This book aims to assess, evaluate and critically analyze the methods that are currently available for a judicious pest management in durable food. It presents and analyzes a vast amount of methods that are already in use in "real world" industrial applications. After the phase-out of methyl bromide, but also the withdrawal of several insecticides and the continuously updated food safety regulations, there is a significant knowledge gap on the use of risk-reduced, ecologically-compatible control methods that can be used with success against stored-product insect species and related arthropods. The importance of integrated pest management (IPM) is growing, but the concept as practiced for stored products might differ from IPM as historically developed for field crops. This book discusses a wide variety of control strategies used for stored product management and describes some of the IPM components. The editors included chemical and non-chemical methods, as both are essential in IPM. They set the scene for more information regarding emerging issues in stored product protection, such as emerging, alien and invasive species as threats for global food security, as well as the importance of stored-product arthropods for human health. Finally, the analysis of the economics of stored product protection is presented, from theory to practice."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Importance of Stored Product Insects; Introduction; Overview of Insect Pest Species Associated with Stored Products; Pests of Grain and Grain Products; Major Primary Pests; Major Secondary Pests; Pests of Dried Fruits and Nuts; Pests of Durable Herbs, Spices, Tobacco and Pet Food Products; Pests of Dried Fish and Other Animal Products; Predators and Parasitoids; Scavengers and Foragers; Implications from Insect Infestations; Economic Implications from Quantitative Loss Due to Physical Damage; Effect on Quality. 6 Insect Pest Management of Oilseed Crops, Tree Nuts and Dried FruitsIntroduction; Commodities; Oilseed Crops; Tree Nuts; Dried Fruits; Insects of Oilseed Crops, Tree Nuts and Dried Fruits; Family Anthribidae-Coleoptera (Beetles); Family Bruchidae; Family Cleridae; Family Cucujidae; Family Dermestidae; Trogoderma Granarium Everts, Khapra Beetle; Trogoderma Inclusum LeConte, Larger Cabinet Beetle; Mycetophagidae; Family Nitidulidae; Family Silvanidae; Oryzaephilus Surinamensis (L.) Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle (Fig. 6.10); Oryzaephilus mercator Fauv., The Merchant Grain Beetle. Grain Protectant InsecticidesConclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Structural Pest Management for Stored Product Insects; Introduction; Pre-binning Treatments for Stored Grains; Fumigants; Modified Atmospheres; Heat and Cold; Aerosols; Contact Surface Sprays; Repellents; Mating Disruption Strategies; Insect Resistant Packaging; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Bacterial Insecticides and Inert Materials; Introduction; Spinosad; Spinetoram; Abamectins; Inert Materials and Nanoparticles; Zeolites; Mineral-Based Particles; Delivery Systems; References. Pest Temperature and Humidity Changes and Physical Grain Destruction and Treatments: Facilitation of Fungal Growth and Mycotoxin ProductionPoisoning by Toxic Insecticides and Rodenticides; Negative Impact of Anoxic Atmospheres and Toxic Fermentation Silo Gases; Human Accidents During Sampling or Pesticide Application in Stores and Silos; Fires, Explosion and Intoxication Due to Fumigation Control of Storage Pests; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Insect Pest Management in Stored Grain; Introduction; Disinfestation; Insecticides; Fumigation; Other Methods; Protection; Cooling. Work Place Health and Safety ImplicationsRejection by Consumers and Loss of Market; Costs Associated with Pest and Resistance Management and Research; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Human Health Problems and Accidents Associated with Occurrence and Control of Storage Arthropods and Rodents; Introduction; Direct Effects on Human Health; Effects on Food Security; Effects on Food Safety; Effects on Home- and Workplace Safety and Occupational Disease Issue; Indirect Health Effects; Transmission and Hosting of Pathogens (Storage Pest Role of Vectors, Hosts).