TY  - JOUR
T1  - Store Grain Insect Pests’ Identification, Feeding Behaviors and Damage Severity in District Battagram
AU - Khan, Fawad 
JO  - Plant Sciences Research
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1995-476x
DO  - makpsr.2025.1.9
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=makpsr.2025.1.9
KW  - Stored insect pests
KW  - feeders
KW  - external
KW  - internal
KW  - secondary
KW  - rice weevil
KW  - lesser grain borer
KW  - khapra beetle
KW  - cigarette beetle
KW  - drug store beetle
KW  - pulse beetles
KW  - saw toothed grain beetle
KW  - lesser headed flour beetle
KW  - rice moth
KW  - almond moth
AB  - Stored product pests have the ability to infiltrate grain storage facilities
at various stages of grain processing and storage, starting from the
standing crop in the field. While there are approximately one thousand
species of insects associated with stored products worldwide, only a few
of them are considered significant pests that cause extensive damage to
stored grains. These pests can be classified based on their feeding
behavior as either internal or external feeders, or as major or minor pests
depending on the severity of the damage they inflict. This article provides
an overview of the damage symptoms and biology of several major
stored grain pests, including the rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae), lesser
grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominaca), khapra beetle (Trogoderma
granarium), red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), cigarette beetle
(Lasioderma serricorne), drug store beetle (Stegobium paniceum), pulse
beetles (Callosobruchus spp.), Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga
cereallela), rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica), saw toothed grain beetle
(Oryzaephilus surinamensis), long‐headed flour beetle (Latheticus oryzae)
and almond moth (Cadra cautella).
ER  -