Bean bruchids are among the most devastating insect pests of common bean that can inflict huge losses in storage. To identify potential resistance to these pests, screening was performed at Sokoine University Agriculture. Two resistant landraces were identified, viz Kalubungula and KK25. Recombinant inbred (RI) KSy, KSw ML populations created from crosses between Soya × Kalubungula, Sowor...

BACKGROUND Rice (Oryza spp) is one of the most consumed cereals in Republic Benin. However, rice production threatened by various pests, which lead to important yield losses. For development integrated management strategies responding farmers' realities, it document their perceptions, knowledge and pests. Surveys involving 418 farmers 21 ethnic groups through 39 villages were performed using ru...

A major challenge in producing and distributing diseaseand insectfree foods is the need to maintain their sensory and nutritional attributes while minimizing the adverse impacts of treatment. This challenge emerged because of consumer attitudes and market expectations concerning the safety, quality and condition of foods; the adverse environmental impacts of agricultural practices; and expandin...

Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata] is an important pulse crop in Asia, and is consumed as dry seeds and as bean sprouts. It is an excellent source of digestible protein. Bruchids [Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) and Callosobruchus maculatus (F.)] are the important pests of mungbean and cause damage in the field and in storage. Bruchid infestation reduces the nutritional and mar...

Rodents are one of the most important vertebrate pests which directly and indirectly distress to the production of crops and storage of grains. Rodents especially under the Family Muridae can cause serious damage to cereal crops of all kinds including wheat. The present investigation was conducted to observe the pattern of damage by rodent (Rrodentia: Muridae) pests in wheat in conjunction with...

BACKGROUND Home and garden pesticide use has been linked to cancer and other health outcomes in numerous epidemiological studies. Exposure has generally been self-reported, so the assessment is potentially limited by recall bias and lack of information on specific chemicals. OBJECTIVES As part of an integrated assessment of residential pesticide exposure, we identified active ingredients and ...

Grain storage occupies a vital role in the economies of developed and developing countries. Proper monitoring of grain storage is essential to reduce grain loss. The present system involves human effort in most of the activities which reduces work efficiency and increases time consumption. These difficulties can be avoided by our proposed project. In this project, the controlling and monitoring...

Abstract Opportune and accurate identification of Date pests during storage, is prerequisite for reducing pest damages having a good export. The present study aimed to define new sampling method three main storage Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus), Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller) Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) in date Deiri Cultivar, by Spectrophotometer. experiments were conducted completely r...

Temperature gradients were set at the opposite sides of grain storage: 25°C-30°C, 20°C-30°C, 20°C-35°C, 30°C-30°C. The migration and distribution imago Sitophilus oryzae, Rhizopertha dominica Tribolium castaneum in storage observed. results showed significant differences that trends within a certain temperature gradient (p < 0.05). is 25°C-30°C. tends to gather 30°C side area storage, while ...