Pest management and phytosanitary trade barriers /

• Main Authors: Heather, Neil W., (Author), Hallman, Guy J., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Food crops > Losses > Prevention.; Insect pests > Control.; Food crops > Protection.; Bioterrorism.; Food crops > Postharvest losses > Prevention.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Other Control Measures.; Crop Produce.; Food Storage and Preservation.; Storage Problems and Pests of Food.; Food Composition and Quality.; Insects.; Insect pests.; Introduced species.; Invasive species.; Pest management.; Plant pests.; Postharvest treatment.; Quarantine.; Electronic books.
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This book comprises 13 chapters discussing pest management and phytosanitary trade barriers; agricultural warfare and bioterrorism using invasive species; managing risk of pest introduction; and postharvest phytosanitary disinfestation.

Table of Contents:

• Pest management and phytosanitary trade barriers
• Agricultural warfare and bioterrorism using invasive species
• Plant regulatory organisations
• Managing risk of pest introduction, establishment and spread in a changing world
• Systems and related approaches to pest risk management
• Development of postharvest phytosanitary disinfestation treatments
• Disinfestation with cold
• Phytosanitary heat treatments
• Phytosanitation with ionising radiation
• Disinfestation by fumigation
• Disinfestation with modified (controlled) atmosphere storage
• Postharvest phytosanitary pesticide treatments
• Miscellaneous phytosanitary treatments.