Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Sajid Ali Rajput,Shagufta Rani Khanzada and Muhammad Siddique Khanzada Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 72 ISBN: 9783659163357
Описание
Wheat Triticum aestivum L. is the important cereal crop and staple food of people of Pakistan. It occupies the first position in area amongst the cereal crops and covers about 65% of food crop area of the country.Cereals constitute a major part of food throughout the world and agro-based industries depend upon their production. Considerable amount of damage in caused by insect pests to stored wheat in Pakistan. The damage caused by insect pest to wheat grain has been estimated at 10 to 20%.Most favorable grain moisture range for storage insect pests is from 12 to 18 percent. It is important to control insect population size before grain is irrevocably damaged by boring, feeding and mold germination.The Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium), which originated in South Asia, is one of the world’s most destructive pests of grain products and seeds.It is considered one of the 100 worst invasive species in the world.Adult beetles are brownish and 2 to 3 millimetres long. Immature larvae are...
