Hot air treatment for disinfestation of lightbrown apple moth and longtailed mealy bug on persimmons

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-152

  Dentener, Peter R ^a   Alexander, Sharon M ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a   Petry, Robert J ^a   Maindonald, John H ^a   McDonald, Rod M ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disinfestation; Epiphyas postvittana; Hot air; Lightbrown apple moth; Longtailed mealy bug; Persimmon; Pseudococcus longispinus

Indexed keywords

CALYX; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PSEUDOCOCCUS LONGISPINUS;

EID: 0001335886     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5214(95)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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