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- Title
Mersin İli, Tarsus ve Akdeniz ilçelerinde depolanmış buğday ve mısır zararlılarının belirlenmesi.
- Authors
YETKİN, Mustafa Samet; ATAKAN, Ekrem
- Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to reveal the harmful insect species that affect the qualty and quantatiy of the stored wheat and corn. In order to meet this objective, a survey study was carried out in two different types of storage structures (ordinary warehouses and silos) in Mersin Province (districts of Tarsus and Akdeniz), Turkey. Material and Methods: A sampling study was carried out between May 2019 and February 2020 in Tarsus and Akdeniz districts of Mersin Province, where wheat and corn storage is intensive. Samples from wheat and corn products stored in 6 ordinary and 3 silo warehouses were taken. Each sample weighing 2 kg wheat or corn was obtained by using a probe during the surveying studies. Results and Conclusions: According to the results of the sampling study conducted in the stored wheat and corn. Eleven different insect species were identified. Nine of these insects belonged to the order of Coleoptera, while one belonged to the order of Lepidoptera and 1 belonged to the order of Psocoptera. Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and Sitophilus granarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) were determined as the more common species in wheat and corn stored in the ordinary and silo warehouses The maximum damage rate was found to be 2% in stored wheat and maize in this study.
- Subjects
TURKEY; CORN products; RICE weevil; CORN storage; WHEAT products; LEPIDOPTERA; WHEAT
- Publication
Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022, Vol 59, Issue 3, p471
- ISSN
1018-8851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20289/zfdergi.1071199