Hermetic SuperGrain bags for controlling storage losses caused by Callosobruchus maculatus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Bruchinae) in stored mung bean (Vigna radiata). Issue 1 (8th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yewle, Nileshwari Raju; Gupta, Suchita V.; Patil, Bhagyashree N.; Mann, Sandeep; Kandasamy, Palani
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of entomological research. Volume 113:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 98
• Page End: 106
• Publication Date: 2022-07-08
• Subjects: Bruchids -- modified atmosphere -- mung bean -- product quality -- seed damage -- SuperGrain bags; Entomology -- Periodicals; 595.7
• DOI: 10.1017/S0007485322000360
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-4853

Abstract

Abstract: Mung bean is highly susceptible to insect attack during storage. Hermetic storage is an effective technique to control insect damage. This study investigated the potential of the hermetic SuperGrain bag (SGB) for controlling bruchids during storage. The dry samples were packed in SGB infested with adult bruchids (SGB-I), SGB natural field infested (SGB-N), woven polypropylene bags (WPP-I and WPP-N) and kept at room temperature for 180 days. Oxygen (O2 ) and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concentrations were measured at 15 days intervals. Moisture content, infestation level, seed damage and weight loss were determined at 60 days intervals. Seed colour, hardness, crude protein and fat contents were analysed before and after storage. The O2 level decreased to 10.09%, whereas the CO2 level increased to 8.87% in both SGB-I and SGB-N treatments. The moisture content of mung bean was maintained as onset storage in both SGB-N and SGB-I treatments, whereas reduced in WPP-N (9.26% db) and WPP-I (9.21% db). In SGB treatments, no significant bruchids were detected, but they increased drastically in WPP-N (52 ± 9) and WPP-I (377 ± 14). Seed damage (2–3%) and weight loss (0.8–1.0%) were recorded in both SGB-N and SGB-I. Conversely, seed damage reached 26.67 and 54.17%, corresponding to weight losses of 12.33 and 20.82% in WPP-N and WPP-I, respectively. Seed colour, hardness, crude protein and fat contents in SGBs showed no significant changes than in the WPP bags. The study illustrated that the SGB is an efficient hermetic device in protecting mung beans against bruchids attacks compared to the WPP bags.