Books for Prep | |
from: CABI  Amazon.com's Price: $130.00 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 632.9 EAN: 9780851988726 ISBN: 0851988725 Label: CABI Manufacturer: CABI Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: April 01, 1994 Publisher: CABI Studio: CABI Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Postharvest treatments are required to disinfest fruits, vegetables, nuts, flowers and ornamental plants of quarantined insects prior to export. These insect pests, such as various tephritid fruit flies, are of quarantine importance because either they are absent from the importing country or that country has a zero tolerance for all live insects. This book considers the various treatment technologies and strategies and the effect that these have on the insects and the produce. Treatments include the promotion of pest-free zones and natural resistance, and the use of fumigation, irradiation, insecticides, extremes of temperature, controlled or modified atmospheres, and combinations of these. Current research, directed at prolonging postharvest life of the commodity and maintaining its quality, is thoroughly assessed through detailed reviews of the literature. The book is a comprehensive work directed at academics and research workers in entomology and horticulture, as well as quarantine officers. 
In association with Amazon.com | |