Psocids as Global Pests of Stored Products

Preface: The Order Psocoptera and their importance for stored products
Manoj Nayak, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia and Christos Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece
1. Biology and ecology of stored-product psocids
Manoj Nayak, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia,
Christos Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece
2. Biology and ecology of stored-product psocids
Shiqian Feng, China Agricultural University, China, Farman Ullah,
China Agricultural University, China and Zhihong Li, China Agricultural
University, China
3. Monitoring of stored-product psocids
George Opit, Oklahoma State University, USA and Sandipa Gautam,
Lindcove Research and Extension Center, USA
4. Chemical control of stored-product psocids
Dan Dan Wei, Southwest University, China, Ze Qing Miao, Southwest
University, China, Yan Qing Tu, Southwest University, China, Peng Yu
Guo, Southwest University, China and Jin Jun Wang, Southwest
University, China
5. Resistance to chemical insecticides in stored-product
psocids
James Campbell, Centre for Grain and Animal Health Research, USA
6. Non-chemical control of stored-product psocids
Manoj Nayak, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia,
Christos Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece
7. Molecular biology of stored-product psocids
Vaclav Stejskal, Crop Research Institute, Czech Republic, Christos
Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece, Tomas Vendl, Crop
Research Institute, Czech Republic and Manoj Nayak, Department of
Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia
8. The future of stored-product psocid research
Manoj Nayak, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia,
Christos Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece

Christos G. Athanassiou

Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou is a Professor of Entomology at the Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Greece. He is internationally recognized for his research on chemical and non-chemical control of stored product insects and mites, and the development of sampling methods in post-harvest entomology.

Manoj K. Nayak

Dr. Manoj K. Nayak is Principal Research Scientist and Leader of the Postharvest Grain Protection Unit, Crop and Food Science, Agri-Science Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia.