Content

Stored-product pests: general aspects and importance. Synergism and associations with biotic and abiotic factors.
Primary stored-product insects: morphology, biology, ecology, symptoms, identification of Lepidoptera: Sitotroga cerealella and Coleoptera: Sitophilus oryzae, Sitophilus granarius, Sitophilus zeamais, Rhyzopertha dominica, Prostephanus truncatus, Trogoderma granarium, Acantoscelides obtectus, Bruchus pisorum, Bruchus rufimanus, Bruchus lentis.
Secondary stored-product insects: morphology, biology, ecology, symptoms, identification of Lepidoptera: Ephestia kuehniella, Ephestia elutella, Plodia interpunctella, Tinea granella, Psocoptera: Liposcelis bostrychophila, and Coleoptera: Tribolium confusum, Tribolium castaneum, Tenebrio molitor, Tenebroides mauritanicus.
Secondary stored-product insects: morphology, biology, ecology, symptoms, identification of Coleoptera: Oryzaephilus surinamensis, Oryzaephilus mercator, Cryptolestes ferrugineus, Lasioderma serricorne, Carpophilus hemipterus, Anthrenus spp., and Attagenus spp.
Stored-product mites: morphology, biology, ecology, symptoms, identification of Astigmata: Acaridae and Glycyphagidae.
Stored-product mites: morphology, biology, ecology, symptoms, identification of Mesostigmata, Prostigmata and Cryptostigmata.
Rodents: identification
Rodents: biology, damages
Pest management: natural (extreme temperatures).
Pest management: chemical (fumigants, contact insecticides).
Pest management: alternative methods.
Pests in urban areas: morphology, biology, ecology, symptoms, identification, management of Dictyoptera, Siphonaptera, Hemiptera, Anoplura, and Psoroptidae.
Pests in urban areas: morphology, biology, ecology, symptoms, identification, management of Diptera (Muscidae, Tabanidae, Psychodidae, Sarcophagidae, Simuliidae, Ceratopogonidae, Culicidae), Psoroptidae, Sarcoptidae, Demodicidae, Ixodidae, and Argastidae.

Learning results

The aim of the course is:

• The knowledge on the symptoms that are caused to the stored products, the ability to examine stored products and decide about the severity of any infection that is related to insects, mites and rodents.

• Pest management.

• The knowledge on pest of urban environment.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student:• Will have been supplied with knowledge on the morphology, systematics, biological cycles, ecology, risk and modern methods concerning the management of pests (i.e., insects, mites, rodents) that infest stored products and urban environment

Bibliography

Suggested Bibliography in Greek Language:
• Σταμόπουλος, Δ., 2013. Εχθροί Αποθηκευμένων Προϊόντων, Μουσείων και Κατοικιών, Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Θεσσαλίας, Βόλος.
• Δίπτερα υγειονοµικής σηµασίας, 1999, Ν. Γ. Εµµανουήλ
• Έντοµα αποθηκευµένων γεωργικών προϊόντων και τροφίµων, 1996, Κ. Θ. Μπουχέλος
• Τζανακάκης, Μ., 1995. Εντομολογία. University Studio Press, Θεσσαλονίκη.
Suggested Bibliography in English Language:
• Hagstrum, D.W., Phillips, T.W., Cuperus, G. (Eds.) 2012. Stored Product Protection. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, pp. 297-304.
• Hubert, J., 2012. The pest importance of stored product mites (Acari: Acaridida). Nova Science Publishers Inc, New York.
• Begall, S., Burda, H., Schleich, C.E. (Eds.), 2007. Subterranean rodents. News from underground. Springer, Berlin.
• Hill, D.S., 2003. Pests of storage foodstuffs and their control. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, NY.
Related academic Journals:
• Acta Tropica
• International Journal of Mosquito Research
• Journal of Stored Products Research
• Journal of Insect Science
• Journal of Economic Entomology
• Entomologia Generalis
• Insects
• Crop Protection
• Journal of Pest Science
• Pest Management Science
• Journal of Food Protection
• Journal of Applied Entomology
• Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
• Bulletin of Entomological Research
• ZooKeys
• Zootaxa
• International Journal of Acarology
• Experimental and Applied Acarology
Instructor's Notes

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