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Andhra Pradesh

Nutritive value and functionality in the diet

Nutritive value and functionality in the diet

State wise varieties of Groundnut:Andhra Pradesh

State: Andhra Pradesh

Groundnut Soils

Climatic Requirements For Groundnut Cultivation

Field/land preparation for Sweet Sorghum

Field/land preparation for Sweet Sorghum

Management of storage pests in Sweet Sorghum

 Management of storage pests in Sweet Sorghum

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum: Warehouse Moth (Ephestia cautella)

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum: Warehouse Moth (Ephestia cautella)

 

The warehouse moth is also known as fig moth or almond moth.

Nature of damage:

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum: Saw Toothed Grain Beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis)

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum: Saw Toothed Grain Beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis)

There are two types of saw toothed grain beetle that affect the stored grains,

1. Saw toothed grain beetle

2. Merchant grain beetle

Nature of damage:

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum: Rice Weevil/Black Weevil

 

 

 

 

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum:

Rice Weevil/Black Weevil (Sitophilus oryzae)

There are three types of rice weevil

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum: Rice moth

Storage pests of Sweet Sorghum: Rice moth

Nature of damage:

The larval stage of this insect is responsible for damage. It pollutes food grains with frass, moults and dense webbing. In the case of whole

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