Location: Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research
Project Number: 3020-43000-034-055-N
Project Type: Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 1, 2024
End Date: May 31, 2027
Objective:
Evaluate the effectiveness of pretreatment applications of contact insecticides in shipping containers and insecticide-incorporated packaging at suppressing insect populations and protecting commodities during simulated transportation and storage.
Approach:
First we will determine the initial and residual efficacy, up to 6 months, of two different contact insecticides, employing different active ingredients, applied to wood, metal, and concrete surfaces on three species of stored product insects. Second, the initial and residual efficacy of two different contact insecticides on metal and wood surfaces stored in a shipping container over a 4-month period in summer and winter. Lastly, the effect of methoprene impregnated packaging on inhibiting stored product infestation of packaged grain product inside a shipping container will be compared against non-impregnated packaging.
