Heat treatments for postharvest pest control : theory and practice / / edited by Juming Tang ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 631.5/68
• Soggetto topico: Insect pests - Control; Insect pests - Effect of temperature on; Food storage pests - Control
• Altri autori: TangJuming <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Contributors; Reviewers; 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 Treatments12 Thermal Treatment Protocol Development and Scale-up; 13 Commercial Quarantine Heat Treatments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 increasingly important treatments.
• Titolo autorizzato: Heat treatments for postharvest pest control
• ISBN: 1-280-95303-9; 9786610953035; 1-84593-253-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446342803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II