以往，澳大利亚主要使用残留化合物（谷物保护剂）处理仓库或拌和谷物来保护储藏期间和运输过程中的粮食。这种应用谷物保护剂的防虫方法，经常要用冷却谷物的方法加以补充。当这种防虫方法失效，或者仓库经过改造允许长期储藏，则要采用其它方法来防虫，例如应用熏蒸剂和气控 Traditionally, Australia has used residual compounds (grain protectants) to treat warehouses or grain mixes to preserve food during storage and during transport. This pest control application of grain protectants is often supplemented by methods of cooling the grain. When this pest control method fails or the warehouse has been modified to allow long-term storage, other methods such as fumigant and gas control