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Fourth Stored Product Pest Management & Heat Treatment Workshop

Fourth Stored Product Pest Management & Heat Treatment Workshop. Bh. Subramanyam (Subi) Department of Grain Science and Industry Kansas State University. KSU Heat Treatment Workshops. 1 st Aug 4-6, 1999 2 nd Aug 14-16, 2000 3 rd Aug 6 – 8, 2001

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Fourth Stored Product Pest Management & Heat Treatment Workshop

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  1. Fourth Stored Product Pest Management & Heat Treatment Workshop Bh. Subramanyam (Subi) Department of Grain Science and Industry Kansas State University

  2. KSU Heat Treatment Workshops • 1st Aug 4-6, 1999 • 2nd Aug 14-16, 2000 • 3rd Aug 6 – 8, 2001 • 6th National Stored Product IPM Conference, August 19-21, 2002 • 4th Aug 5-7, 2003 • 5th May ?? IAOM Annual Technical Conference in Wichita, KS

  3. Number of Participants • 1st 67 • 2nd 54 • 3rd 77 • 4th 79 • Pest management professionals, representatives from the brewing industry, food & feed processing industries, OSHA, heat treatment company representatives, graduate students, researchers, pesticide registrants • All workshops were sponsored by the AFIA

  4. International Representation • Australia, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, Portugal, Japan, Canada • 4th Heat Treatment Workshop • Japan, Canada, Peru, and Austria

  5. 4th Heat Treatment Workshop Format • 29 presentations • Bioterrorism Act and its implications • Product updates • IPM • Heater types, and impact of heat on insects, nematodes, pathogens • Heat Treatment Calculator • Risk management • Demonstration on how a heat treatment is done • Feed mill – Gas heat treatment • Flour mill – Steam heat treatment

  6. Importance of heat treatments • It is a methyl bromide alternative • One of the tools in the IPM tool box • Complements other IPM tactics (fumigants) • It is still an “ART” • We are striving to understand and develop this technology into a “SCIENCE”

  7. I am hoping that….. • You will appreciate how easy it is to do a heat treatment • Experience first hand what it feels to walk through a heated facility • Interact with speakers and other participants regarding heat treatments and pest management • Try this technique, at least once!

  8. Housekeeping Items • Notebooks – proceedings • General information on heat treatment • No food or drink inside SH 311 • Walkthrough schedule • Bathrooms – 2nd and 3rd floors • Smoking areas – south side of feed mill and eastside of Shellenberger (30 ft) • Assistance – Purple shirts

  9. Acknowledgments • Participants • Speakers • Workshop coordination staff • Temp-Air staff • Feed and flour mill personnel

  10. Enjoy the Workshop!

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