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1
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Major source of infestations are?

A

Old gunny bags
Uncleared storage structure
Cross infestation

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2
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How many insect species associated with stored grain product _________ and how many of them cause significant economic losses ___________

A

600 , 100

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3
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Storage loss depends on how many factors and their name

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4

Rodents
Birds
Insects
Moisture

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4
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What percentage of storage loss occurs due to Rodents

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2.5 %

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5
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What percentage of storage loss happen due to birds

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0.85 %

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6
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What percentage of storage loss happen due to Insects

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2.55 %

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7
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What percentage of storage loss occurs due to moisture

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0.68 %

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8
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Higher insects activity causes heating of grains which facilitates ____________ growth

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Fungal

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9
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The present advances in grain technology in the country have brought us to situation where we can store food grains for prolonged period I.e. up to ______________ years.

A

3 to 5 years

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10
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Insects fall under which class

A

Hexapoda

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11
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Insects fall under which phylum

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Arthropoda

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12
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Insects are having some basic characteristics like hard outer covering called ____________

A

Exoskeleton

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13
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Insect body is divided into three distinct regions called

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Head
Thorax
Abdomen

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14
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Head of insects contains

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Olfactory organs
compound Eye
Mouthparts

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15
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Thorax of insects has three segment

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Prothorax
Me so-thorax
Meta-thorax

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16
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In insects Legs are attached in which body parts

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Thorax

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17
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Class Hexapoda have two sub-class
1. Primitive wingless insects
2. Winged & secondarily wingless insects

Name of both are

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Apterygota
Pterygota

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18
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Subclass Pterygota divided in two Divisions are

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Exopterygota
Endopterygota

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19
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Order Coleoptera consists

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Beetles

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20
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Order Lepidoptera consists mainly

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Moths & Butterflies

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21
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Major pests life cycle involved with the whole grain as their young one bore and feed inside the kernel part of the grain which sometimes creates ______________

A

Hidden Infestation

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22
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The majority of stored food grains insect pest are

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Beetles (Order-Coleoptera)
Moths (Lepidoptera)

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23
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Scientific name of beetle “Rice Weevil “ is

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Sitophilus Oryzae (major pests)

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24
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Scientific Name of “Lesser Grain Borer” is

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Rhizopertha Dominica (Major pests)

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25
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Scientific name of “Khapra beetle” is

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Trogoderma Granarium (major pests)

26
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Scientific name of “Angoumois Grain Moth” is

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Sitotroga cerealella (major pests)

27
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Scientific name of “Rice moth” is

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Corcyra cephalonica (major pests)

28
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Scientific name of “Warehouse/Almond moth”is

A

Ephestia Cautella (major pests)

29
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Scientific name of “INDIAN MEAL MOTH” is

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Plodia interpunctella (major pests)

30
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Scientific name of “Pluse Beetle” is

A

Callosobruchus Chinensis (major pests)

31
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Scientific name of “Rust Red flour beetle”

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Tribolium castaneum (minor pests)

32
Q

Scientific name of “Saw toothed grains beetle” is

A

Oryzaephilius surinamensis (minor pests)

33
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Scientific name of “Flat grain beetle”

A

Cryptolestes minutus (minor pests, laemophloeus)

34
Q

Scientific name of “Rust red grain beetle” is

A

Cryptolestes ferruginous (minor pests ,Laemophloeus)

35
Q

Scientific name of “Long headed flour beetle “ is

A

Latheticus oryzae (minor pests)

36
Q

Adult have Characteristic beak or snout is of

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Sitophilus oryzae (Rice weevil)

37
Q

Heating takes place during heavy infestation of Sitophilus oryzae (Rice Weevil ) which is known as

A

Dry heating

38
Q

Which pests cut Cirular hole and comes out of the grains is

A

Sitophilus Oryzae (rice weevil)

39
Q

Rice Weevil (Sitophilus Oryzae) single female lays ________ to ________ eggs

40
Q

Lesser Grain Borer (Rhizopertha Dominica) comes out of the grains by making which type of hole

A

Irregular holes

41
Q

“Localised infestation” is almost a rule of which pest

A

Lesser Grain Borer(Rhizopertha Dominica)

42
Q

Lesser Grain Borer(Rhizopertha Dominica) single female lays eggs up to __________

43
Q

Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) , a single female laid about ________ eggs

44
Q

circular hole with characteristic ‘flap door’ or ‘trap door’ of which pests

A

Angoumois Grain moth (sitotroga cerealella)

45
Q

Angoumois grain moth (sitotroga cerealella) female lays about _________ white eggs

46
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Dense webbing is characteristic feature of which moth

A

Rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica)

47
Q

Warehouse/Almond moth (ephestia cautella) lays about ________ eggs

48
Q

Indistinct black bands about 4 mm from the head is characteristic feature of which pests

A

Warehouse/Almond moth (Ephestia cautella)

49
Q

Outer 2/3 portion is reddish,copper bronze lustre with irregular band is characteristic feature of which moth

A

Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

50
Q

Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella ) one female lays about ___________eggs

51
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Elytra do not cover the abdomen completely in which moth

A

Pulse Beetle (Callosobruchus chinensis)

52
Q

Which species Larvae eat up the grain kernel and make a cavity in pulses

A

Pulse beetle (Callosobruchus chenensis)

53
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“Club shaped Antennae” is characteristic feature of which insect

A

Tribolium castaneum (Rust Red flour beetle)

54
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Thorax having 6 teeth likes serration on each side is characteristic feature of which pest

A

Oryzaephilius Surinamensis (Saw toothed grain beetle)

55
Q

Latheticus Oryzae (Long headed flour beetle) , single female lays ______ eggs

56
Q

Scientific name of “Psocids” is

A

Liposcelis spp

57
Q

Psocids female lay ________eggs single or in group

58
Q

The successful survival of Psocids is partly due to which mode of reproduction

A

Parthenogenetic (asexual)

59
Q

Scientific name of Grain mite is

A

Acarus siro

60
Q

Grain mite female lays approximately ________

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