Hot air disinfestation of Australian 'Kensington' mangoes against two fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Heather, N W ^a,b   Corcoran, R J ^a   Kopittke, R A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bactrocera tryoni; Ceratitis capitata; Disinfestation; Hot air treatment; Mango; Vapor heat treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030936396     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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