Control and Management of Pests in Stored Products (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Jayas, Digvir S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This books is based on 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040040935
• Artikelnr.: 70745259

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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