Part 1 of this collection assesses the causes of postharvest losses. Part 2 reviews advances in storage technologies, including management of insect pests using techniques such as fumigation, controlled atmospheres and biopesticides, as well as control of fungal contamination.
Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains, whether from spoilage microorganisms or insect pests, remain a significant issue in both the developed and developing world. Challenges include restrictions on chemicals for decontamination and increasing levels of insect resistance. This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing those challenges.
Part 1 of this collection assesses the causes of postharvest losses from fungal contamination, insect and rodent pests. Part 2 reviews advances in bulk and other storage technologies, including developments in detection as well as management of insect pests using techniques such as fumigation, controlled atmospheres, biopesticides and biocontrol techniques as well as irradiation.
The book also reviews advances in the detection and control of fungal contamination together with ways of monitoring the quality of stored cereal grains.
Part 1 Postharvest losses and their causes
1.Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains: opportunity among issues
and challenges: Steven T. Sonka, University of Maryland, USA;
2.Advances in understanding fungal contamination in cereals: Kizito Nishimwe,
Iowa State University, USA and University of Rwanda, Rwanda; Julie Aiza L.
Mandap, Iowa State University, USA and University of The Philippines Los
Baños, The Philippines; and Gary P. Munkvold, Iowa State University, USA;
3.Advances in detection and management of phosphine resistance in stored
grain pests: David Schlipalius and Paul Ebert, University of Queensland,
Australia;
4.Advances in understanding rodent pests affecting cereal grains: Peter R.
Brown, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Australia; Grant R. Singleton,
International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines; Steven R. Belmain,
Natural Resources Institute (NRI) University of Greenwich, UK; Nyo Me Htwe,
Plant Protection Division Myanma Agriculture Service, Myanmar; Loth
Mulungu, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania; Mashaka Mdangi,
Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania; and Regino Cavia, University of Buenos
Aires, Argentina;
Part 2 Storage technologies
5.Advances in bulk storage of cereals and grains: Michelle A. Friedmann and
Dirk E. Maier, Iowa State University, USA;
6.Developments in the use of hermetic bags for grain storage: Dieudonne
Baributsa, Purdue University, USA; and Ma Cristine Concepcion Ignacio, Iowa
State University, USA and University of the Philippines Los Baños, The
Philippines;
7.Advances in insect pest management in postharvest storage of cereals:
detection and monitoring: Paul Fields, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
Canada; Fuji Jian, University of Manitoba, Canada; and Dianxuan Wang, Henan
University of Technology, China;
8.Advances in insect pest management in postharvest storage of cereals: use
of controlled atmosphere and temperature control: Shlomo Navarro and Hagit
Navarro, Green Storage Ltd., Israel;
9.Biologically based control strategies for managing stored-product insect
pests: Benjamin Fürstenau and Garnet Marlen Kroos, Julius Kühn-Institut
(JKI), Germany;
10.Advances in insect pest management in postharvest storage of cereals:
novel techniques: Peter Follett, USDA-ARS, USA; Georgios Akepsimaidis and
Nicolas Meneses, Bühler AG, Switzerland; and Matthew Murdoch and Heidi
Kotilainen, Bühler UK Limited, UK;
11.Advances in post-harvest detection and control of fungal contamination of
cereals: Naresh Magan, Esther Garcia-Cela, Carol Verheecke-Vaessen and Angel
Medina, Cranfield University, UK;
12.Advances in techniques for monitoring the quality of stored cereal grains:
Roger G. Aby and Dirk E. Maier, Iowa State University, USA;
13.Supporting smallholder farmers in developing countries to improve
postharvest management of staple grains: the role of loss reduction
technologies: Brighton M. Mvumi, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; and Tanya
Stathers, Natural Resources Institute (NRI) University of Greenwich, UK;
Dr Dirk E. Maier is a Professor and Postharvest Engineer at Iowa State University, USA. Professor Maier is the Founding Director of the Consortium for Innovation in Post-Harvest Loss and Food Waste Reduction. He leads this global innovation partnership aimed at sustainably providing safe and nutritious food for a growing world population. Professor Maier has received a number of awards, guided many students and scholars in their research, and published widely on postharvest management of cereals, with a particular focus on quality preservation and loss prevention and reduction.
Professor Shlomo Navarro is the principal inventor of technologies that are environmentally user friendly for the protection of food without detrimental chemical pesticides and promoted by Food Technology International Consultancy (FTIC) Ltd. Professor Navarro was previously a Principal Scientist in the Department of Food Science, Israel Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, Israel. He is a worldwide expert in the postharvest protection of durable commodities with specific emphasis on insect control and storage engineering technology. He is the leading authority on postharvest technologies, on chilling and aeration systems for grain storage, in the application of modified atmospheres, and hermetic storage in semi-permanent plastic storage structures for use with pulses, grains, seeds, oil seeds, dried fruits, processed foods, and other stable bulk products that need protection from insects, mites and mold damage. From 2001-2007, Professor Navarro served as Convener of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants (IOBC) on Integrated Protection of Stored Products. He has edited five books of proceedings of the IOBC. Professor Naresh Magan completed his BSc (Hons) Botany and MSc (Plant Pathology) at Exeter University. He completed his PhD at Rothamsted Research (external student Reading University) in 1982 and was awarded his DSc in 2013 for his work on mycotoxins in food chains. He holds the Chair in Applied Mycology at Cranfield University and has carried out research on food security/safety and spoilage fungi for 35+ years.
