**5.1 Sampling**

Sampling or pest monitoring is an important component of the IPM approach with which one can know the nature of pests in full detail so that suitable management tactics should be made accordingly. With the help of sampling, one can show the status of a pest, whether the population is below or exceeds the economic thresh hold level, and accordingly, physical, biological, or chemical approaches can be recommended. Some methods used during sampling processes of stored grain pests are:
