Insect Pests of Stored Legumes problems and prospects


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Authors

  • Chitra Srivastava
  • D Sagar

Abstract

In the storage pest management, as an alternative to chemical fumigants, the eco-friendly prophylactic and curative approaches like timely harvesting and sun drying of legumes, use of inert dusts to protect grains, application of vegetable oils to prevent egg laying in storage and use of pheromones for monitoring and mass trapping of storage pests plays an important role.

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Author Biographies

  • Chitra Srivastava

    Head, ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

  • D Sagar
    Scientist, ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

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Submitted

2018-11-15

Published

2018-11-15

Issue

Vol. 66 No. 8 (2016)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Srivastava, C., & Sagar, D. (2018). Insect Pests of Stored Legumes problems and prospects. Indian Farming, 66(8). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/84888