Heather, Neil W.

Pest management and phytosanitary trade barriers / Neil W. Heather and Guy J. Hallman - Wallingford, UK : CABI, 2008 - x, 257 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-251) and index

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 -- Disinfestation with postharvest pesticide treatments -- Miscellaneous phytosanitary treatments

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Food crops--Protection
Food crops--Losses--Prevention
Food crops--Postharvest losses--Prevention
Insect pests--Control
Bioterrorism