Pests of Stored Foodstuffs and their Control

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Present Trends in Food Technology

   Pages 1-10

3. Stages in Food Production

   Pages 11-18

4. Types of Foodstuffs

   Pages 19-23

5. Food and Produce Preservation

   Pages 25-40

6. Packaging

   Pages 41-54

7. Types of Pests

   Pages 55-69

8. Types of Damage

   Pages 71-78

9. Storage Structures

   Pages 79-95

10. Food and Produce Transportation

    Pages 97-101

11. Pests: Class Mammalia

    Pages 103-115

12. Pests: Class Aves

    Pages 117-120

13. Pests: Phylym Mollusca

    Pages 121-124

14. Pests: Class Arachnida

    Pages 125-134

15. Pests: Class Insecta

    Pages 135-315

16. Pests: Phylum Platyhelminthes

    Pages 317-325

17. Pests: Phylum Nematoda

    Pages 327-331

18. Pests: Kingdom Protoctista

    Pages 333-334

19. Pests: Kingdom Fungi

    Pages 335-339

20. Pests: Kingdom Prokaryotae

    Pages 341-344

This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the pests of stored foodstuffs of all types on a worldwide basis, and as a broad reference text. It is aimed at being complementary to the more detailed and more specific texts that are listed in the References. It does presuppose an adequate basic knowledge of entomology and zoology in the user. The stored products mentioned in the text are commercial products in the widest sense, including all types of plant and animal materials in addition to grain and prepared foodstuffs. Storage is viewed very broadly, from one day on a shelf to several years in a silo, or refrigerated store at -20°C. In many publications the produce surveyed has been restricted to stored grains, because of their obvious importance to human society, and because of the great quantities involved. For many different materials, of both plant and animal origin, there is a shortage of specific information, but it is to be hoped that this situation will gradually be rectified. It should be clearly understood that any reference to animal pests is made in the strict zoological sense, and refers to any members of the Kingdom Animalia. There is a regrettable tendency in some circles to use the term ‘animal’ as being synonymous with ‘mammal’ – a habit to be deplored! There is definite emphasis on animal pests in this text, but micro-organisms are included where relevant.

• Aves
• Insecta
• Mammalia
• Mollusca
• Platyhelminthes
• food industry
• food science
• pesticides
• transport

• Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

  Dennis S. Hill

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