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creators_name: Chauhan, Y S
creators_name: Ghaffar, M A
icrisatcreators_name: Chauhan, Y S
icrisatcreators_name: Ghaffar, M A
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Solar heating of seeds - a low cost method to control bruchid (Callosobruchus spp.) attack during storage of pigeonpea
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subjects: s1.2
full_text_status: restricted
abstract: Bruchids (Callosobruchus spp.) are major storage pests of legume crops grown in the tropics and sub-tropics including pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) and cause considerable economic losses. Solar heating of seeds in transparent polyethylene bags was found to effectively control bruchid damage in seeds of a medium-duration pigeonpea cultivar (ICPL 87119) during prolonged storage. During a week of observation, solar heating raised the temperature in seed bags to 658C each day. Solar heat-treated seeds remained free from bruchid damage even after 41 weeks of storage. No reduction in seed germination was observed in the solar-heated seeds. The control treatment had up to 91% of bruchid damaged seeds and their germination was reduced to 42%. Farmers in semi-arid tropical and humid tropical regions may consider using solar heating as a safe and relatively inexpensive method for disinfesting seeds of pigeonpea.
date: 2002
publication: Journal of Stored Products Research
volume: 38
number: 1
publisher: Elsevier
pagerange: 87-91
refereed: TRUE
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-474X(01)00005-4
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citation:   Chauhan, Y S and Ghaffar, M A  (2002) Solar heating of seeds - a low cost method to control bruchid (Callosobruchus spp.) attack during storage of pigeonpea.  Journal of Stored Products Research, 38 (1).  pp. 87-91.      
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