Survey of rice storage facilities identifies research and education needs
| Autor: | James F. Thompson, C. A. Greer, Luis Espino, Randall Mutters |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Integrated pest management
Temperature monitoring Sanitation Grain moisture Economics General Engineering lcsh:S Insect identification Agricultural engineering Grain storage entomology farms lcsh:S1-972 products and commodities Economics Business and Industry farms Farming Systems entomology Insects Farming Systems Insects lcsh:Agriculture Insect pest management Agronomy products and commodities Environmental science PEST analysis lcsh:Agriculture (General) |
| Zdroj: | California Agriculture, Vol 68, Iss 1, Pp 38-46 (2014) Espino, Luis; Greer, Chris A; Mutters, Randall; & Thompson, Jim F. (2014). Survey of rice storage facilities identifies research and education needs. California Agriculture, 68(1-2). Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/93w752xf |
| ISSN: | 2160-8091 0008-0845 |
| Popis: | More than 40 million hundredweights of rice are produced in California's Sacramento Valley every year. After harvest, the rice is stored in facilities on-farm or off-farm until it is transported to mills or to ports for export. We conducted a survey of storage operations to characterize grain storage and pest management practices to guide future UC Cooperative Extension research efforts. The results indicate that grain moisture content, temperature and insect pest management are the most important challenges for both on- and off-farm storage operations. Survey responses show high adoption of integrated pest management programs, with most storage operations relying on monitoring, thresholds, sanitation and aeration to manage pest problems. Fumigant use was reported more frequently in off-farm storage operations than on-farm operations. Cooperative Extension educational efforts should focus on grain and temperature monitoring, insect identification and safe use of fumigants. Research is needed to improve management of grain temperature and moisture content, and insect infestations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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