Stored Product Protection: Proceedings of the 6th International Working Conference on Stored-Product Protection 17-23 April 1994 Canberra, Australia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851989322 ISBN 13: 9780851989327

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

The International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP), held every four years, is the premier world forum for presentation of research results bearing on the safe storage of durable foodstuffs, particularly cereal grains, pulses, and oilseeds. The 6th IWCSPP was held in Canberra, Australia from 17-23 April 1994, under the auspices of CSIRO, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and the Australian grain handling and storage industry. These two volumes present the proceedings of the conference. There were over 400 participants. Apart from Australia, there were substantial contingents from Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, the Philippines, the UK and the USA. A further 20 countries were represented. The overall objective was to present advances in research and development on the preservation of stored durable commodities since the 5th IWCSPP held in Bordeaux, France 1990. Much had happened in the intervening four years: the role of methyl bromide had come under scrutiny; pressure from consumers and environmentalists to reduce chemical additives to foodstuffs had become more intense; that mycotoxin contamination of food and feedstuffs was a serious threat to human and animal health had gained general acceptance. Recognising these and related issues the theme Stored product protection - a Time of Challenge was adopted for the conference. Some 250 papers were presented. These proceedings volumes contain, in addition to most of those papers, reports of a series of workshops on specialist topics - trapping, application of inert dusts, extension and small-scale and farm storage, standards, expert systems and appropriate storage - that were also part of the scientific program. Overall, the volumes provide an essential update for entomologists, plant pathologists, engineers and others concerned with stored product protection.

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Product Description

This text includes the edited papers on the 6th International Working Conference on Stored-Product Protection. This series of conferences provides a forum for the reporting of advances in research and development on the preservation of stored durable commodities, including cereal grains, legumes and root crops. Major topic areas addressed include: storage engineering; sampling and trapping; fumigation and controlled atmospheres, including alternatives to methyl bromide; grain protectant chemicals, and inert dusts; grain quality; insect biology; storage fungi, mycotoxins and associated problems; integrated commodity management quarantine and regulatory issues; biological control; and physical control. The book provides an update for entomologists, plant pathologists, engineers and others concerned with stored-product protection.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851989322
• ISBN 13: 9780851989327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1312
• Editor: Highley Ed, Wright E., Banks H. J., Champ Bruce