Table Of ContentINSECT PESTS OF
STORED GRAIN
Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies
Postharvest Biology and Technology
INSECT PESTS OF
STORED GRAIN
Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies
Ranjeet Kumar, PhD
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Kumar, Ranjeet, 1982-, author
Insect pests of stored grain : biology, behavior, and management strategies / Ranjeet Kumar, PhD.
(Postharvest biology and technology book series)
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1. Grain--Storage--Diseases and injuries. 2. Grain--Diseases and pests. 3. Insect pests--Control. I.
Title. II. Series: Postharvest biology and technology book series
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Title: Insect pests of stored grain : biology, behavior, and management strategies / author: Ranjeet
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Dedicated to my son ABHINAV with love
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Ranjeet Kumar
Ranjeet Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor
cum Junior Scientist in the Post-Graduate Depart-
ment of Entomology at Bihar Agriculture Univer-
sity, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar
has worked on stored product entomology for
the sustainable and herbal management of stored
grain and seed insect pests, investigating several
herbal fumigants for the sustainable management
of stored grain and seed insect. He has published
several books and a manual on the topic as well as authored over 20 research
papers in national and international journals. He has also published 19
popular articles in magazines and periodicals.
Dr. Kumar is life member or fellow of several scientific committee and
societies. He received an award from an international conference on ento-
mology at Punjabi University in Punjab.
Dr. Ranjeet Kumar earned his PhD (Stored Product Entomology) in 2010
from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar,
Uttarakhand, India.
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