Phytochemicals for the Management
of Stored Product Insects
8
Loganathan Manickam, Irengbam Barun Mangang,
and Meenatchi Rajamani
Abstract
Phytochemicals are produced by plants which possess bioactive compounds
responsible for plant defence against pests, pathogens, and other natural enemies.
India is one of the mega diversity countries in the world, having many kinds of
medicinal and aromatic plants. Bioactive compounds from plants will serve as a
raw material for phytoinsecticides. It has several advantages over chemical
insecticides in terms of biodegradability, safe to non-target organisms, and can
be easily extracted from the locally available plant sources. It is an essential
component in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of field and also stored
product pests. Phytochemicals from neem, pyrethrum, sabadilla, and ryania based
products are commercially available and are used for the management of agricultural pests. There is a huge demand to develop and employ phytochemicals for the
management of stored pests since stored insect pests cause severe damage to the
stored produce. The stored product pests reduce the quality of produce, contaminate the produce with uric acid and exuvia, and also produce allergens which
results in reduction of commercial value of the products. There is a great potential
to use phytochemicals for the management of stored pest and to develop commercial formulations for the benefit of the human beings. The identification of
suitable plant material, developing suitable extraction method, proper testing
against target organism, and developing formulations are important for
integrating these phytochemicals in the IPM of stored product pests.
Keywords
Phytochemicals · Stored product pests · Hydrodistillation · Integrated pest
management (IPM) · Insect repellent packaging
L. Manickam (*) · I. B. Mangang · M. Rajamani
Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, India
e-mail: logu@iifpt.edu.in
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
V. Venkatramanan et al. (eds.), Sustainable Bioeconomy,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7321-7_8
171
of Stored Product Insects
8
Loganathan Manickam, Irengbam Barun Mangang,
and Meenatchi Rajamani
Abstract
Phytochemicals are produced by plants which possess bioactive compounds
responsible for plant defence against pests, pathogens, and other natural enemies.
India is one of the mega diversity countries in the world, having many kinds of
medicinal and aromatic plants. Bioactive compounds from plants will serve as a
raw material for phytoinsecticides. It has several advantages over chemical
insecticides in terms of biodegradability, safe to non-target organisms, and can
be easily extracted from the locally available plant sources. It is an essential
component in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of field and also stored
product pests. Phytochemicals from neem, pyrethrum, sabadilla, and ryania based
products are commercially available and are used for the management of agricultural pests. There is a huge demand to develop and employ phytochemicals for the
management of stored pests since stored insect pests cause severe damage to the
stored produce. The stored product pests reduce the quality of produce, contaminate the produce with uric acid and exuvia, and also produce allergens which
results in reduction of commercial value of the products. There is a great potential
to use phytochemicals for the management of stored pest and to develop commercial formulations for the benefit of the human beings. The identification of
suitable plant material, developing suitable extraction method, proper testing
against target organism, and developing formulations are important for
integrating these phytochemicals in the IPM of stored product pests.
Keywords
Phytochemicals · Stored product pests · Hydrodistillation · Integrated pest
management (IPM) · Insect repellent packaging
L. Manickam (*) · I. B. Mangang · M. Rajamani
Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, India
e-mail: logu@iifpt.edu.in
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
V. Venkatramanan et al. (eds.), Sustainable Bioeconomy,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7321-7_8
171