Control and Management of Pests in Stored Products

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.

Table of Contents:
1. Stored Product Insects: Biology and Management Relevant to Controlled Atmospheres and Fumigation 2. Insect Resistance to Fumigants in Post-Harvest 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

About the Author :
Dr. Digvir S. Jayas is the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also Vice-President (Research and International) Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He was educated at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, India; the University of Manitoba; and the University of Saskatchewan. He completed a 11.75-year term as Vice-President (Research and International) at the University of Manitoba. Before assuming that position, he was Vice-President (Research) for two years, and Associate Vice-President (Research) for eight years. Prior to this, he was Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Head of the Department of Biosystems Engineering, and Interim Director of the Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research. He also served as Interim President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) for 1 year and served as Interim Director (CEO) of TRIUMF—Canada’s particle accelerator centre—for 4.5 months. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Professional Agrologist.