Harvest loss, pest control

Stored food products are high-value items that have been planted, weeded, watered, fertilized, harvested, processed, transported, and stored in facilities, which also represent an investment. Since insect pests cause massive economic losses, strenuous efforts for detection and control of these pests are warranted and have been actively undertaken. Most of these pests are coleopteran or lepidopteran, and a number of pheromones have been identified in both orders (see reviews by Burkholder 610) and Levinson 611)). 

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