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With the continuous development of human civilization over the last 10,000 years or so, methods to produce food and other materials and to store them for future use have developed enormously.

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The authors thank Dr Rajeswaran Jagadeesan for his constructive criticism of this manuscript and gratefully acknowledge the support of Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre (Project No: PBCRC3150) established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centre Program (http://www.crcplantbiosecurity.com.au) for undertaking this research.

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  2. Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, LPO Box 5012, Bruce, ACT, 2617, Australia

    Manoj K. Nayak & Gregory J. Daglish

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Nayak, M.K., Daglish, G.J. (2018). Importance of Stored Product Insects. In: Athanassiou, C., Arthur, F. (eds) Recent Advances in Stored Product Protection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56125-6_1

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