Ecology and Management of Food-industry Pests

Download or read book Ecology and Management of Food-industry Pests written by John Richard Gorham and published by Aoac International. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to food-pest ecology and management; World resources and food losses to pest; Origins of insects as storage pests; Storage ecosystems; Ecology and control of microorganisms decomposing stored foods; Mite pests in stored food; Insect pests of minor importance; Ecological and behavioral aspects of cockroach management; The asian cockroach: implications for the food industry and complexities of management strategies; Beetles: coleoptera; Spider beetles: ptinidae; Biology and ecology of moth pests of stored foods; Synanthropic flies: diptera; Ants: formicidae, hymenoptera; Hymenopterus parasites of stored-food insect pests; Pest bir ecology and management; Ecology and management of bats as food-industry pests; Bioeconomics and integrated pest management of commensal rodents; Commentary on microbial and intertebrate pestecology; Commentary on vertebrate pest ecology; Prevention; Preventiveaspects of sanitation; Design and construction: building-out pests; Protecting packages against insects; Prevention and management of peast problems associated with transportation of food; Commentary on prevention; Survey and control; Biological mathods of survey and control; Host-plant resistance to insects in stored cereals and legumes; Pest resistance to pesticides; Physical methods to manage stored-food pests; Chemical control of insect pests in bulk-stored grains; Chemical controlof rodent pests in bulk-stored grains; Chemical methods to control insect pests of processed foods; Fumigation in the food industry; Commentary on survey and control; Health considerations; Nutrition changes caused by pests in food; Food pests as diseases agents; Food pests as disease vectors; Commentary on health aspects: overt and insidious implications of food pests and health; Regulation and inspection; The food and drug administration and the regulation of food sanitation; Inspection activities of the food and drug administration; Regulatory and residue issues in the US environmental protection agency; Regulatory and inspection functions in the US department of agriculture; Food industry self-inspection; Commentary on regulatory aspects; Commentary on inspection aspects; Management; Principles of reading stored-product insects and of insectary management; Education strategies for food-pest managers; Professional and consultant services; Integrated pest management for the food industry; Commentary on food-pest ecology and management.