Potential of Storage Insect Pests to Breed in Traditional Products of Rice

Harish, Chander and Berry, S.K. (1993) Potential of Storage Insect Pests to Breed in Traditional Products of Rice. Journal of Food Science and Technology (India), 30 (1). pp. 60-61.

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Abstract

<p align="justify">Breeding potential of Tribolium castaneum, Rhyzopertha dominica and Sitophilus oryzae in salted parmal, puffed rice and beaten rice showed that mortality of adult insects was negligible during 3 weeks in all products except for full mortality of S. oryzae on beaten rice in 2 weeks. Larval development of T. castaneum was significantly slower in salted parmal and phulian as compared to that in raw rice. The larvae of R. dominica took significantly longer time to develop in salted parmaL T. castaneum produced lowest progeny in salted parmal and sweetened phulian, whereas R. dominica produced maximum progeny in plain and sweetened phulian causing 27.9 and 19.5% loss in weight respectively during 3 months. The rice weevil, S. oryzae, could not breed in any of the traditional products of rice tested in this study.</p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Storage insect pests, Puffed rice, Beaten rice, Salted parmal. Raw rice, Tribolium castaneum, Rhyzopertha dominica, Sitophilus oryzae.
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 06 Preservation and Storage 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 18 Processed foods > 05 Snack food
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2006
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2011 09:25
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/304

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