Chemical and Non-chemical Control in Stored Product Protection: Modern Methods for Old Problems
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 463
Special Issue Editors
Interests: stored-product insects; post-harvest entomology; integrated plant protection; edible insects; insect farming; insects as food and feed
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Interests: stored-product insects; post-harvest entomology; precision fumigation
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Interests: pheromones and semiochemicals; insect parasitoids; population ecology; sampling and trapping; invasive biology; integrated pest management; microbial control; chemical control; non-chemical control; stored-product protection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Durable agricultural commodities, such as cereal and legume grains, dried fruits, and nuts, are vulnerable to insect infestations during storage that are responsible for high qualitative and quantitative losses. To manage insect pests in post-harvest systems and improve food security, a wide spectrum of control strategies have been proposed against stored-product insects, ranging from the application of contact insecticides and fumigants to non-chemical, “green” management methods. However, the development of resistance to chemical insecticides, as well as the phase-out and ban of active ingredients that were until recently widely used, renders the evaluation of alternative chemical and non-chemical control measures a necessity for stored-product protection. In this context, the focus of this Special Issue is on the recent advances in chemical and non-chemical control of stored-product insects related to (but not exhausted by) the following:
- Chemical control of stored-product insects (contact insecticides, fumigants, etc.);
- Non-chemical management of storage insects (modified atmospheres, heat treatment, mating disruption, application of inert dusts, botanicals, etc.);
- Trapping and monitoring of storage insects;
- Precision fumigations.
Therefore, we kindly invite you to submit your manuscripts to this Special Issue, which aims to highlight recent research carried out to mitigate post-harvest losses and control storage insects.
Dr. Christos I. Rumbos
Dr. Paraskevi Agrafioti
Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemical and non-chemical control
- durable commodities
- food security
- integrated pest management
- post-harvest insect infestations
- stored-product insects
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