SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Scientific Papers, USAMV Bucharest, Series A, Vol. LII, 2009, ISSN 1222-5339STORED PRODUCTS PROTECTION WITH SOME NON-TOXICMETHODSMARIA CIOBANU, SONICA DROSUResearch and Development Institute for Plant Protection of BucharestKeywords: stored products, non-toxic methods, insect pests, Plodia interpunctella,Acanthoscelides obtectusAbstractThe paper presents the results carried out in laboratory trials by non-toxic methods tocontrol the Indian-meal moth (Plodia interpunctella Hb.) and bean weevil (Acanthoscelidesobtectus Say), among the main pests of the stored seeds. Thus, the effect of the lowtemperatures on Plodia interpunctella larva was evaluated; inert dusts (bentonite, talc,silica gel, tricalcium phosphate) were used to protect the stored bean seeds by theAcanthoscelides obtectus attack.The used methods had regarded good results; they can be recommended like alternatives tochemical control of the stored products protection.385