The mites being important pests of stored grains are responsible
of both qualitative and quantitive losses in stored grains, as they make
direct consumption on human food, animal feed or other products
changing the quality of infested products, they can penetrate the hard
grains and feed directly on the grain kernels, therefore they destroy
their germination power, change the moisture contents of mediums
because spoil products by faces, skins moulting, deed bodies and micro
organisms, initiating growth and spread mould, secondly, interaction
to microorganisms leading to the transfer of mycotoxins production
fungi or pathogenic bacteria; Thirdly, production of hazardous
compounds among them the allergens are of the highest importance. |
