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INSECT DAMAGE - Food and Agriculture Organization
INSECT DAMAGEPost-harvest Operations - Post-harvest CompendiumINSECT DAMAGE : DAMAGE on Post-harvest Organisation: International Centre of INSECT Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) ( ) Author: Mohamed N. Sallam Edited by: AGSI/FAO: Danilo Mejia (Technical), Beverly Lewis (Language&Style) Contents 1. Introduction .. 2 Magnitude of the problem .. 4 Storage and Losses .. 5 INSECT 8 2. Major INSECT pests of stored foods .. 10 Coleoptera .. 10 Lepidoptera .. 19 Fungal contamination and production of mycotoxins .. 22 3. References .. 26 INSECTS: Post-harvest Operations Page 2 1. Introduction Insects are the most diverse species of animals living on earth. Apart from the open ocean, insects can be found in all habitats; swamps, jungles, deserts, even in highly harsh environments such as pools of crude petroleum (Imms, 1964).
affecting crop productivity in Africa. Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) is another exotic storage pest native to Mexico. It has recently been introduced to Africa (McFarlane, 1988; Pike et al., 1992), where it is currently a more destructive pest of stored maize and cassava …
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