Solar heating of seeds - A low cost method to control bruchid (Callosobruchus spp.) attack during storage of pigeonpea

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-91

  Chauhan, Y S ^a   Ghaffar, M A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Bruchids; Cajanus cajan; Control methods; Solar heating; Storage pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035173769     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(01)00005-4     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Effects of soil solarization on pigeonpea and chickpea
2. Sunning as a technique for disinfecting stored beans
3. The control of stored-product insects and mites with extremes temperatures
4. Eradication of cowpea weevil (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in cowpeas by solar heating
5. Storage losses to some commonly used pulses caused by pulse beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus
6. Growth and developmental response of Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabr.) to different pulses
7. Safe storage of pulse crops