Recent Advances in Stored Product Protection

1. Front Matter

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2. Importance of Stored Product Insects

   • Manoj K. Nayak, Gregory J. Daglish

   Pages 1-17

3. Human Health Problems and Accidents Associated with Occurrence and Control of Storage Arthropods and Rodents

   • Vaclav Stejskal, Jan Hubert, Zhihong Li

   Pages 19-43

4. Insect Pest Management in Stored Grain

   • Gregory J. Daglish, Manoj K. Nayak, Frank H. Arthur, Christos G. Athanassiou

   Pages 45-63

5. Structural Pest Management for Stored Product Insects

   • Frank H. Arthur

   Pages 65-81

6. Bacterial Insecticides and Inert Materials

   • Christos G. Athanassiou, Frank H. Arthur

   Pages 83-98

7. Insect Pest Management of Oilseed Crops, Tree Nuts and Dried Fruits

   • Shlomo Navarro, Hagit Navarro

   Pages 99-141

8. Microbial Biopesticides

   • M. E. Wakefield

   Pages 143-168

9. Insecticide Resistance

   • Patrick J. Collins, David I. Schlipalius

   Pages 169-182

10. Biological Control of Stored-Product Insects

    • Matthias Schöller, Sabine Prozell, Pompeo Suma, Agatino Russo

    Pages 183-209

11. Emerging Pests in Durable Stored Products

    • Christos G. Athanassiou, Christos I. Rumbos

    Pages 211-227

12. Museum Pests–Cultural Heritage Pests

    • Pasquale Trematerra, David Pinniger

    Pages 229-260

13. Economic Theory Versus Reality in Stored Grain IPM: Theory and Practice in Stored Product Management

    • Phil Kenkel, Brian D. Adam

    Pages 261-273

14. Erratum to: Human Health Problems and Accidents Associated with Occurrence and Control of Storage Arthropods and Rodents

    • Vaclav Stejskal, Jan Hubert, Zhihong Li

    Pages E1-E1

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.

• Biopesticides
• Insect Pests
• Insecticide Resistance
• Insecticides
• Integrated Pest Management
• Quality Control
• Entomology

• Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Nea Ionia, Magnesia, Greece

  Christos G. Athanassiou

• Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan, USA

  Frank H. Arthur

Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou, earned his Ph.D. in Entomology from the Agricultural University of Athens and currently serves as a Professor of Entomology at the University of Thessaly, Greece. His research is focused on chemical and non-chemical control of stored product pests in raw and processed agricultural commodities, and also to integrated and biological control of pests in crop protection. Research includes testing of novel insecticides, evaluation of resistance, control of insects and mites with entomopathogens, predators and parasitoids, systematics and phylogenetic analysis, designing sampling and trapping methods and techniques and study of biology and ecology of key pests. Dr. Athanassiou has published more than 200 papers in academic peer-reviewed journals, and more than 100 papers in Conference Proceedings, book chapters and popular articles. He has more than 20 years of experience in entomology and crop protection.



Dr. Franklin (Frank) H.Arthur earned his M. S. and Ph.D. in Entomology from North Carolina State University.  He conducts research focused on pest management in raw grain and in milling and processing facilities. Research includes assessments of new reduced-risk insecticides for insect pest management, refinement of aeration for cooling stored grains, evaluation and determinations of factors that affect efficacy of aerosols and contact insecticides, and integrating individual components of pest management into comprehensive management strategies. Dr. Arthur has published more than 220 papers in academic peer-reviewed journals, another 20 papers in Conference Proceedings, and has authored or co-authored 12 book chapters. He has given presentations at more than 200 scientific meetings and training sessions sponsored by private industry or University extension. Dr. Arthur has over 31 years of experience as a researcher in stored product entomology.

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