{"product_id":"insect-pests-of-stored-grain-ranjeet-kumar-9781774636824","title":"Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies","description":"\u003cp\u003eStored 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 huge quantitative and qualitative losses and insect contamination in food commodities. This is an important quality control problem. This book, \u003cb\u003eInsect Pests of Stored Grain: Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies, \u003c\/b\u003e provides comprehensive coverage of stored product entomology for the sustainable management of insects and other noninsect pests, such as mites, birds, rodents, and fungi, with the aim to mitigate and eliminate these losses of food from grains. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, who has studied sustainable and herbal management of stored grain and seed insect pests in his research, considers sustainable management of stored grain insect pests and eco-friendly approaches along with the utilization of waste materials. Starting with a history of stored product entomology from the beginning to the modern era in detail along with an introduction of storage entomology, the book then goes on to cover a range of important issues, including \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignificant developments in the field of storage entomology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassification and identification of important stored grain insects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor stored product coleopteran and lepidopteran insects that infest stored commodities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstimation of losses caused by stored grain insect pests \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFactors responsible for infestation of stored grain insects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDifferent storage structures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternative methods for the management of stored grain insects by utilization of behavior modification techniques or utilization of secondary metabolites of plants\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFumigation of stored grains for the protection of infestation \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsect Pests of Stored Grain: Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies covers a vast amount of valuable information on stored product entomology for the sustainable management of insects and other noninsect pests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ranjeet Kumar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774636824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774636824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apple Academic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d","brand":"Ranjeet Kumar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445674127615,"sku":"9781774636824","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8962c69-b50a-446b-85e8-b5816a014dff.jpg?v=1777219983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/insect-pests-of-stored-grain-ranjeet-kumar-9781774636824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}