abstract during these protracted years, mankind’s main foods consist of grains-specially wheat, oats and rice. granary production and its storage have been one of the main concerns of a human being for a long time. microwave radiation as a safe insect control agent could secure high mortality rate of insect population by increasing the temperature of insects’ body and its niche. low temperature...

the purpose of this study was identification and applying ahp method in prioritization and comparison educational barriers and sustainable development on production of edible insects as diets from the viewpoint of selected groups. it was an applied research, research method was analytical, descriptive and statistical society was four groups of specialists, livestock and poultry producers, insec...

Essential oil extracted from the leaves of Myrtle, Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae)was tested in vitro for volatile toxicity against two stored-product insects (Tribolium confusum and Callosobruchus maculatus). The chemical composition of the plant oil was examined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The major oil components were α-pinene (10.4%), α- Terpineol (10.1%), linalool (9.0%...

the order hymenoptera with more than 115000 described species, includes over 10% of species diversity in the world. these insects are one of the most important groups in economic and ecological terms. vespidae family plays an important role in biological control of some insect pests. this family includes six subfamilies and almost 4150 known species in the world( carpenter,1982 ). these insects...

fifty percent of world argricultural production is destroyed by insects each year. therefore, enormous quantities of insecticides are consumed to control these pests. as an example, france is using 35000 metric tons insecticide every year. some of the methods used for spraying and applying insecticides tend to increase the pollution of natural waters . in this article different factors causing ...