Heat Treatments for Postharvest Pest Control: Theory and Practice

by Juming Tang, Elizabeth Mitcham, Shaojin Wang, Susan Lurie

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845932527
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	07/20/2007
Series:	CABI Series
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Shaojin Wang

Table of Contents

Introduction: History and purpose of quarantine and phytosanitation requirements
Chapter 2: Fundamental heat transfer theory for thermal treatments
Chapter 3: Temperature measurement
Chapter 4: Physiological responses of agricultural commodities to heat treatments
Chapter 5: Experimental and simulation methods of insect thermal death kinetic
Chapter 6: Physiology and thermal death kinetics of selected insects
Chapter 7: Thermal control of fungi to reduce postharvest decay
Chapter 8: Disinfestation of stored products and associated structures using heat
Chapter 9: Considerations for phytosanitary heat treatment research
Chapter 10: Heat with controlled atmospheres
Chapter 11: The influence of heat shock proteins in insect pests and fruits in thermal treatments
Chapter 12: Thermal treatment protocol development and scale-up
Chapter 13: Commercial Quarantine Heat Treatments