Management and Protection of stored Agricultural Products and Food

• Morphology, biology, ecology of enemies of stored products.

• Determination of the presence /infestation by animal enemies, factors affecting the infestation by animal enemies of the stored products.

• Methods and means of dealing with animal pests affecting agricultural products after harvest.

• Fighting animal enemies in warehouses, insecticides, disinfestations.

• Effectiveness of insecticides, fumigation insecticides, biological and other methods. Warehouse insects (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Dictyoptera, Thysanura, Psocoptera), Mites.

• Allergies and other effects from warehouse insects.

• Nutrient value data of plant products and their losses during fresh storage. Physiology and quality data of stored grains and nuts. • Storage of grains and nuts: storage conditions and quality and quantity losses.

• Physiology and quality data of harvested fresh fruits and vegetables.

• Quality assessment of fresh fruit and vegetables. Preservation of fresh fruits and vegetables, conditions and quality losses. Modified or controlled atmosphere during maintenance.

Laboratory exercises:

1. Laboratory exercises include the following:

2. Identification of the main species of beetles in stored agricultural products and food

3. Identification of the main species of wood-eating insects

4. Use of warehouse climatic parameters measuring instruments and psychrometric map

5. Quality assessment of stored products