The GroundCover Grain Storage Supplement (November–December 2010) focuses on the growing importance of strategic on-farm grain storage and the challenges surrounding insect resistance, fumigation, grain hygiene, and monitoring.
This edition highlights practical grain storage management, phosphine resistance research, surveillance and monitoring technologies, improved fumigation systems, aeration strategies, and industry-led extension activities supporting Australian growers. It also explores emerging research into insect ecology, biosensors, resistance genetics, and alternative fumigation methods designed to improve grain quality and maintain export market standards.
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Contents
| Title | Page |
|---|---|
| Action required to keep phosphine as an option | 2 |
| A targeted mission to improve on-farm storage | 3 |
| Successful grain storage | 4–5 |
| The importance of insect-free stored grain | 6 |
| Storage pests beat around the bush | 7 |
| Sniffing out insects | 8 |
| Improved grain sampling strategies | 9 |
| Gene knowledge helps model and monitor resistance | 10–11 |
| Automation improves fumigation efficiency | 12 |
| Quick test for phosphine survivors | 13 |
| Alternatives explored for fumigation | 14–15 |