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Controlling insect pests of stored products using insect growth regulators and insecticides of microbial origin (NRI Bulletin 64) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
The identification of alternatives to synthetic contact insecticides for the protection of durable foodstuffs has become a focus for research worldwide during the last 15 years.
Dales, M.J.
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Improving detection probabilities for pests in stored grain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
BACKGROUND: The presence of insects in stored grains is a significant problem for grain farmers, bulk grain handlers and distributors worldwide. Inspections of bulk grain commodities is essential to detect pests and therefore to reduce the risk of their ...
Elmouttie, David   +2 more
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Efficacy of high temperatures against stored product insects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Vorratsschädliche Insekten sind Spezialisten, die in der Lage sind, trockene pflanzliche Materialien aufzuspüren, zu besiedeln und damit über die Befeuchtung durch Respiration dem Abbau durch weitere Organismen (Pilze, Milben, Bakterien) zuzuführen.
Adler, Cornel
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Should Grain Elevator Managers Adopt Integrated Pest Management? [PDF]

open access: yes
Insect infestation during storage and processing causes millions of dollars of wheat damage annually in the United States. Insect infestation reduces wheat storing processing profit as well as consumer confidence in wheat food products.
Adam, Brian D.   +3 more
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Phosphine fumigation of cool grain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The biosecurity problem addressed was the need to understand and evaluate phosphine fumigation of cool grain (i.e. 20°C or less) as a means of controlling resistant biotypes of insect pests of stored grain which are major EPPs threatening the grain ...
Burrill, P.R.   +3 more
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Modern stored-product insect pest management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Citation: Hagstrum, D. W., Flinn, P. W. (2014) Modern stored-product insect pest management. Journal of Plant Protection Research, 54(3), 205-210. https://doi.org/10.2478/jppr-2014-0031Stored-product entomologists have a variety of new monitoring ...
Flinn, Paul Whitney   +1 more
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Potential repellency of cedarwood oil from a novel extraction method to stored product insects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Producers lose 10-30% of crops during storage, processing, and marketing after harvest each year to stored product insects (1,2). Globally, there has been a rise in insecticide resistance to phosphine, the most common fumigant for these pests (3).
Albin, Chloe E.   +4 more
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Photonic crystals and insects vision

open access: yesBulletin of the National Research Centre
Background Most insects have compound eyes to enable them to see accurately, especially at night. In order to be able to see well, these eyes must be provided with some special structures, such as photonic crystals.
Mohamed Ragaei   +3 more
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Automatic room temperature control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This project proposes an automatic room temperature controller, which uses the difference between the outside and inside room temperature. The difference is assumed to affect the compressor speed in order to achieve the desired set point.
Jaafar, Lizawati
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