Application of Traps in Management of Stored-Grain Pests
Phosphine and grain protectants have been used to control stored-grain pests for decades.Many stored-grain pests have developed resistance to these pesticides due to long-term and improper application.There-fore,there is an urgent demand to develop safe and effective insect control methods.Traps combined with phero-mone,food attractant,or light have been successfully used in mass trapping and on-line monitoring of insect pests,exhibiting great potential in the management of stored-grain pests.To further popularize the application of traps in stored-grain pest management,their trap efficacy needs to be further promoted and the relationship between trapping results and pest population dynamics needs to be clearly figured out.Based on analysis of problems associated with application of traps in stored-grain pest management,in this paper,their solutions were proposed and the directions for future research were pointed out for popularization of trapping technology in stored-grain pest management.
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