ENTO 608: Stored Products Entomology

Human population growth and the global food problem. The post-harvest system: nature and components. The concept of stored products; the products environment; factors that affect the stored products environment and their role. Damage and food loss in the post-harvest system; types and causes of loss; the role of causal agents. Loss assessment methods. Origin and survey of stored product pests; biology of major stored product insect pests; Modern trends in pest control in the post-harvest system. Review of storage systems of the tropics.