Botany & plant sciences
Heat Treatments for Postharvest Pest Control
Theory and Practice
Edited by Juming Tang, Elizabeth Mitcham, Shaojin Wang, Susan Lurie
Description
Due to the nature of agricultural commodities as carriers of exotic pests, importing countries have employed varying methods of pest control for postharvest products. Thermal treatments are emerging as effective, environmentally-friendly alternatives to traditional methods, eliminating chemical residues and minimizing damage to produce. This book provides comprehensive information of these increasingly important treatments, covering temperature measurement, heat transfer, physiological responses of plants, insects and pathogens to heat, and an introduction to current and potential quarantine treatments based on hot air, hot water, and radio frequency energy.
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- Publisher CAB International
- Publication Date July 2007
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781845932527 / 1845932528
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 99.95 GBP
- Pages350
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2007
