Recent Advances in Stored Product Protection” was based on discussions that initiated in 2012, on whether there is a need for one more book in durable food protection. Despite the fact that there are numerous developments during the last years toward the introduction of new techniques in stored product protection, these developments are not summarized as a whole, and there are “advances” that have not reached the wide audiences or the research communities associated with stored products. As unique, man-made ecosystems, the various postharvest environments provide unique characteristics that for the most part do not exist in field crop or orchard pest control systems. These characteristics are closely tied with the existence of partially or fully closed environments, such as bulk storages, food storage and production facilities, and even retail environments where processed grain products are stored and sold to consumers. In this regard, several major novel techniques can be used only in storage and processing facilities, warehouses, and silos, and not before or after those stages. Innovations in stored product entomology do not only refer to nonchemical control but also to chemicals that are an essential part of pest management. In an effort to include wider subjects, many different aspects are analyzed here regarding pest management on bulk grains and in processing and storage facilities, but also to other stored products such as dried fruits, nut products, and spices, i.e., “high value commodities”. At the same time, chemical control is presented along with the phenomenon of resistance and resistance management, which should be an essential part of integrated pest management in stored product protection. Biological control is also addressed, by discussing both “microbials” and “macrobials”. Recent advances, to a large extent, include control associated with emerging pests in stored product protection, such as invasive species, and also highlight the renewed interest for the importance of stored product arthropods as public health pests. In this sense, pests of museums and related facilities can be also considered as “storage” pests, and their control is largely based on the same techniques that are applied to agricultural commodities. One additional key element in recent advances is the economics of stored products and stored product protection, which is also discussed in detail in the last chapter.
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