Evaluation Resistance Recently Evolved Wheat Varieties to Trogoderama | Evaluation of Resistance of Recently Evolved Wheat Varieties To Khapra Beetle Trogoderama Granarium (Everts)

Sajid Ali Rajput (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 365916335X / ISBN 13: 9783659163357

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Evaluation Resistance Recently Evolved Wheat Varieties to Trogoderama | Evaluation of Resistance of Recently Evolved Wheat Varieties To Khapra Beetle Trogoderama Granarium (Everts) | Sajid Ali Rajput (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 72 S. | Englisch | 2012 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659163357 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Evaluation Resistance Recently Evolved Wheat Varieties to Trogoderama | Evaluation of Resistance of Recently Evolved Wheat Varieties To Khapra Beetle Trogoderama Granarium (Everts)
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 365916335X
• ISBN 13: 9783659163357
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 5D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 125 grams
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Synopsis

Wheat Triticum aestivum L. is the important cereal crop and staple food of people of Pakistan. It occupies the first position in area amongst the cereal crops and covers about 65% of food crop area of the country.Cereals constitute a major part of food throughout the world and agro-based industries depend upon their production. Considerable amount of damage in caused by insect pests to stored wheat in Pakistan. The damage caused by insect pest to wheat grain has been estimated at 10 to 20%.Most favorable grain moisture range for storage insect pests is from 12 to 18 percent. It is important to control insect population size before grain is irrevocably damaged by boring, feeding and mold germination.The Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium), which originated in South Asia, is one of the world’s most destructive pests of grain products and seeds.It is considered one of the 100 worst invasive species in the world.Adult beetles are brownish and 2 to 3 millimetres long. Immature larvae are up to 5 millimeters long and are covered in dense, reddish-brown hair. The eggs of the khapra beetle are cylindrical with one end more rounded and the other more pointed, about 0.7 mm long and 0.25 mm.

About the Author

Sajid Ali Rajput, is a Research Fellow in the Plant Protection Division,Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam, Pakistan. He obtained his Bachelor’s and Master's Degrees in Entomology from Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan. in 2004 and 2007, respectively .His main area of interest is Biological control,and IPM.