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What are the methods of managing insect pests of stored grain or seed?
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Help for ground nut storage
Hello sir Iam M Vijay from chittoor , we have stored groundnuts 1 year then in that groundnuts the small insects has been destroyed fully we have not seen that , we have seen that at the end , but no use . please help us how can i store the groundnuts securly,you may be thank full if u reply me via mail manipatlu@gmail.com
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Re: What are the methods of managing insect pests of stored grain or seed?
To control insect- pests in stored grain maintain humidity and temperature.
Because every insect required paricular temerature and humidity for increasing their population.By fumigation we can contoll them but during fumigation covering of particular lot is required
Re: What are the methods of managing insect pests of stored grain or seed?
best method for managing insect pests of stored grain or seed is to apply little amount of any type of vegetable oiland stored in air tight clean and dried container.
Re: What are the methods of managing insect pests of stored grain or seed?
i am one of the agricultural student in TNAU. i want know about storage pest, management practices pls give information.
Re: What are the methods of managing insect pests of stored grain or seed?
There are various means of controling storage pest. Using neem oil is one among them.
As a farmer I am beneifited by MOHAN'S TRAP DEVELOPED BY TNAU COIMBATORE to control storage pest. I made slight modification by making series of small holes using hot nail in the pet bottles in the cylindrical area and leaving the conical area of the plastic bottle as such. After closing the lid, I kept it immersed in the grain stock [the bottle should be kept upside down].The storage pest enters the bottle through the small holes for breathing air and get trapped and collected in the conical portion of the bottle. I could trap lots of storage pest and control the damage.
VKV.RAVICHANDRAN ;NANNILAM, TIRUVARUR Dt.
Re: What are the methods of managing insect pests of stored grain or seed?
As a farmer I share my experience on this.The grain should be thourughly dried.Spraying the gunny bags in which the grains are stored with neem oil repels the storage pests. TNAU Coimbatore has devised a trap called Mohan Trap, to control storage pest. I made some modifications with the easily available empty plastic water bottle.I made series of tiny holes using hot nails in the cylindrical bottom portion of the bottle.No holes are made in the conical top portion of the bottle.After closing the bottle,it is kept in the grain stock upside down.The bottle should be immersed in the grain stock.The storage pests enter the bottle through the tiny holes insearch of air to breath, and get collected in the bottom of the bottle. While emptying the grain stock the trapped pests in the bottle may be removed.
VKV.Ravichandran,Farmer,Nannilam. Mobile#9443683724
Stored grains and seeds are affected by different insect pests. Management methods namely drying, treating with insecticides, botanicals, use of traps and fumigation are available. Which can be said as the best method? Are any indigenous methods available? Pl. dicuss.