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Stored grain protection publications

These publications are presented courtesy of Queensland Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales Agriculture and Agriculture Western Australia as part of a collaborative National approach, supported by the Grain Research and Development Corporation, to minimise grain insect infestation in storages and export shipments. Copyright and liability resides with the author organisation. Before proceeding - see our disclaimer

• Grain insect control
• Grain insect resistance management
• Grain storage management
• Grain fumigation
• Grain insect identification
• Grain insect pest surveillance
• Household stored food insects

Grain insect control

1. Grain storage: Insect control [PDF] [Reviewed April 2008]
2. Control of stored food insects (557KB pdf) - Garden note 45 [Reviewed July 2007]
3. Effective fumigation needs a properly sealed silo [PDF] Farmnote 69/03 [Reviewed October 2007]
4. Insect Control in Stored Grain - from QDPI

Grain insect resistance management

1. Australian Grain Insect Resistance Database - AGIRD
2. Effective fumigation needs a properly sealed silo [PDF] Farmnote 69/03 [Reviewed October 2007]
3. Sealed silos make $ense (41KB pdf) - Farmnote 67/2003 [Reviewed July 2005]

Grain storage management

1. Aeration : for preserving grain quality [80 kb PDF file] Farmnote 24/2002 [Reviewed October 2007]
2. Grain storage - aeration for cooling and drying - from QDPI
3. Grain storage - design and installation (43KB pdf) - Farmnote 64/2003 [Reviewed July 2005]
4. Insect Control in Stored Grain - from QDPI
5. It makes $ense to maintain your sealed silo [PDF]
6. Sealed silos make $ense (41KB pdf) - Farmnote 67/2003 [Reviewed October 2007]
7. Stored grain management - Underground storage of grain (45KB pdf) - Farmnote 70/2003 [Reviewed October 2007]

Grain fumigation

1. Australian Grain Insect Resistance Database - AGIRD
2. Effective fumigation needs a properly sealed silo [PDF] Farmnote 69/03 [Reviewed October 2007]
3. Insect control in stored grain - from QDPI
4. Sealed silos make $ense (41KB pdf) - Farmnote 67/2003  [Reviewed July 2005]

Grain insect identification

1. Grain insect identification key
2. Index of common grain insect pests
3. Itch mites (113KB pdf) - Garden Note 28 [Reviewed December 2006]
4. Sending insect specimens for identification

Grain insect pest surveillance

1. Australian Grain Insect Resistance Database - AGIRD
2. Grain storage - resistance to phosphine fumigant - from QDPI
3. Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile) (873KB pdf) - Farmnote 77/1999 [Reviewed July 2005]

Household stored food insects

1. Control of stored food insects (557KB pdf) - Garden note 45  [Reviewed July 2007]
2. Grain storage - mite pests - from QDPI
3. Stored grain - identification of insect pests - from QDPI
4. Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile) (873KB pdf) - Farmnote 77/1999 [Reviewed July 2005]

Disclaimer : This is not an exhaustive list. Further, this list should not be taken as an endorsement by the Department of Agriculture and Food of any person mentioned in the list or any goods or services that such a person may offer.

Page last reviewed: December 2011