Fourth Stored Product Pest Management & Heat Treatment

Workshop

Bh. Subramanyam (Subi)Department of Grain Science and Industry

Kansas State University

KSU Heat Treatment Workshops

1st Aug 4-6, 19992nd Aug 14-16, 20003rd Aug 6 – 8, 20016th National Stored Product IPM

Conference, August 19-21, 20024th Aug 5-7, 20035th May ?? IAOM Annual Technical

Conference in Wichita, KS

Number of Participants

1st 672nd 543rd 774th 79Pest 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

International Representation

Australia, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, Portugal, Japan, Canada

4th Heat Treatment WorkshopJapan, Canada, Peru, and Austria

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

Importance of heat treatments

It is a methyl bromide alternativeOne of the tools in the IPM tool boxComplements other IPM tactics

(fumigants)It is still an “ART”We are striving to understand and

develop this technology into a “SCIENCE”

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!

Housekeeping ItemsNotebooks – proceedingsGeneral information on heat treatmentNo food or drink inside SH 311Walkthrough scheduleBathrooms – 2nd and 3rd floorsSmoking areas – south side of feed mill

and eastside of Shellenberger (30 ft)Assistance – Purple shirts

Acknowledgments

ParticipantsSpeakersWorkshop coordination staffTemp-Air staffFeed and flour mill personnel

Enjoy the Workshop!