Heat treatments for postharvest pest control : theory and practice
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 alternatives to traditional methods. This book provides information of these increasingl...
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| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA :
CABI Publishing ,
2007
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Fundamental Heat Transfer Theory for Thermal Treatments
- 3. Temperature Measurement
- 4. Physiological Responses of Agricultural Commodities to Heat Treatments
- 5. Experimental and Simulation Methods of Insect Thermal Death Kinetics
- 6. Biology and Thermal Death Kinetics of Selected Insects
- 7. Thermal Control of Fungi in the Reduction of Postharvest Decay
- 8. Disinfestation of Stored Products and Associated Structures Using Heat
- 9. Considerations for Phytosanitary Heat Treatment Research
- 10. Heat with Controlled Atmospheres
- 11. The Influence of Heat Shock Proteins on Insect Pests and Fruits in Thermal Treatments
- 12. Thermal Treatment Protocol Development and Scale-up
- 13. Commercial Quarantine Heat Treatments