Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains / edited by Dirk E. Maier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maier, Dirk (Dirk E.), editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; 88.

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; 88

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grain--Postharvest technology.

Grain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 2020.

Summary:

Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains, whether from spoilage microorganisms or insect pests, remain a significant issue in both the developed and developing world. Challenges include restrictions on chemicals for decontamination and increasing levels of insect resistance. This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing those challenges. Part 1 of this collection assesses the causes of postharvest losses from fungal contamination, insect and rodent pests. Part 2 reviews advances in bulk and other storage technologies, including developments in detection as well as management of insect pests using techniques such as fumigation, controlled atmospheres, biopesticides and biocontrol techniques as well as irradiation. The book also reviews advances in the detection and control of fungal contamination together with ways of monitoring the quality of stored cereal grains.

Contents:

Intro

Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains

Contents

Series list

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 Postharvest losses and their causes

Chapter 1 Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains: opportunity among issues and challenges

1 Introduction

2 Is zero loss a desirable goal - what does economics tell us?

3 What is the 'hidden tax' resulting from excessive post-harvest loss (PHL)?

4 Can we move from measuring loss to managing to reduce PHL?

5 Can we overcome the PHL paradox?

6 Examples demonstrating the potential for sustainable reduction of PHL

7 Summary

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 2 Advances in understanding fungal contamination in cereals

2 Fungi affecting cereal grains

3 Fungal contamination in maize

4 Fungal contamination in rice

5 Fungal contamination in wheat

6 Conclusion

7 References

Chapter 3 Advances in detection and management of phosphine resistance in stored grain pests

2 The biochemical and genetic basis of resistance

3 Alternative fumigants

4 Conclusion and future trends

5 References

Chapter 4 Advances in understanding rodent pests affecting cereal grains

2 Impact of rodents on stored grain

3 Rodent pest species and their biology

4 Types of rodent damage

5 Strategies to reduce rodent damage

6 Case studies

7 Conclusion

8 Future trends in research

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Part 2 Storage technologies

Chapter 5 Advances in bulk storage of cereals and grains

2 Storage structure types: upright silo structures

3 Horizontal building structures

4 On-the-ground piles

5 Maintaining and preserving quality and quantity: preventative strategies.

6 Maintaining and preserving quality and quantity: intervention strategies

7 Best management practices: sanitation, loading, aeration and monitoring (SLAM)

8 Best management practices: dry, inspect, clean and examine (DICE)

9 Conclusion

10 Abbreviations

11 Where to look for further information

12 References

Chapter 6 Developments in the use of hermetic bags for grain storage

2 Development of hermetic storage bags

3 Hermetic bags for grain storage

4 Dissemination of hermetic bags to reduce postharvest losses among smallholder farmers

5 Challenges in the use of hermetic storage bag technology

6 Case study: Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bag

7 Summary and future trends

Chapter 7 Advances in insect pest management in postharvest storage of cereals: detection and monitoring

2 How to sample

3 Sampling theory

4 Future trends in research

5 Where to look for further information

6 Acknowledgements

Chapter 8 Advances in insect pest management in postharvest storage of cereals: use of controlled atmosphere and temperature control

2 Controlled and modified atmospheres

3 Temperature manipulation

4 Conclusions and future trends

5 Acknowledgement

6 References

Chapter 9 Biologically based control strategies for managing stored-product insect pests

2 Semiochemicals and their use in stored-product protection

3 Biological control of stored-product pests

4 Acknowledgements

Chapter 10 Advances in insect pest management in postharvest storage of cereals: novel techniques

2 Irradiation for control of stored product pests

3 Sources of ionizing radiation.

4 Case study 1: low-energy electron beam treatment

5 Case study 2: high-energy X-ray treatment

7 Future trends

Chapter 11 Advances in post-harvest detection and control of fungal contamination of cereals

2 Factors affecting the activity of spoilage moulds and mycotoxin contamination

3 Volatiles as an early indicator of spoilage of stored cereals

4 Carbon dioxide monitoring for real-time identification of the risk of spoilage moulds and mycotoxins in stored cereals

5 Control strategies to minimise spoilage and mycotoxin contamination of stored grain: monitoring of relative humidity (RH) and temperature and the use of molecular methods

6 Control strategies: hermetic storage of grain and use of natural compounds

7 Control strategies: biological control and irradiation techniques

8 Control technologies: cold plasma technology and ozone fumigation

9 Conclusions

10 Where to look for further information

11 References

Chapter 12 Advances in techniques for monitoring the quality of stored cereal grains

2 Methods and techniques used to monitor stored grain

3 Conclusion

4 Future trends

Chapter 13 Supporting smallholder farmers in developing countries to improve postharvest management of staple grains: the role of loss reduction technologies

2 Improvement strategies

3 Institutional, policy and market-related issues for PHM transformation

4 Creating sustainable markets: case study models

5 Conclusion and future trends

6 Where to look for further information

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78676-355-9

1-78676-354-0

1-003-04798-X

9781003047988

OCLC:

1194586184