This book provides the fundamental knowledge on Pest- Host Interactions
in Integrated Pest Management of Stored Product Pest, Cigarette Beetle
(Lasioderma serricorne). It provides training material for food / feed
material industries and extremely valuable information for tobacco
companies, food organizations, researchers, university students and
technicians engaged in studies and control of stored product pests and
therefore should be in each agricultural library. This book discusses
the fundamentals of Stored-product pest management needs to be
considered in planning, implementation, and evaluation of a successful
pest management program. With recent regulatory changes, customer's
concern about pesticide residues in tobacco and other foods, and
companies embracing IPM and alternative approaches for Stored Product
Pest Management, this book is timely developed. It provides the
base-line information of IPM like pest-host interactions responsible for
susceptibility and resistance responses of Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma
serricorne).