Amaç: Depolanmış ürünlerde ürünün kalitesini olumsuz etkileyen ve ürün kayıpların yol açan zararlı türlerin bunların önemlerinin sürvey çalışmalarıyla ortaya konulması bu çalışmanın amacıdır. Bu çalışmada Mersin İli’nde (Tarsus Akdeniz ilçeleri) farklı depolama yöntemleri (adi depolar silolar) uygulanan buğday mısır ürünlerinde belirlenmesi, amacıyla yapılmıştır. Materyal Yöntem: Örneklemeler, ...

Methyl bromide (MBr) fumigant has been phased out globally honouring ‘Montreal Protocol’. However, MBr is still used in India various commodities for controlling pests as well international trade requirements. Reports on phosphine efficacy under different ecological zones are scanty. In the present study fumigation trials were conducted warehouses 5 Metric-Tons of wheat stacks per replication a...

Endo-polygalacturonase, one of the group of enzymes known collectively as pectinases, is widely distributed in bacteria, plants and fungi. The enzyme has also been found in several weevil species and a few other insects, such as aphids, but not in Drosophila melanogaster, Anopheles gambiae, or Caenorhabditis elegans or, as far as is known, in any more primitive animal species. What, then, is th...

Physiological and morphological changes in the ovarian system in rice weevils, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), reared on wheat seeds were studied as a function of adult age, mating status, and nutrient availability. X-ray analysis was used to determine time of adult eclosion and the duration of development of pre-emergent weevils within the seeds, a process that lasted almos...