Postharvest disinfestation of lightbrown apple moth and longtailed mealybug on persimmons using heat and cold

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-264

  Dentener, Peter R ^a   Bennett, Keren V ^a   Hoy, Lisa E ^a   Lewthwaite, Sonya E ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a   Maindonald, John H ^a   Connolly, Patrick G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cold; Disinfestation; Epiphyas postvittana; Heat; Lightbrown apple moth; Longtailed mealybug; Persimmons; Pseudococcus longispinus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031473615     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(97)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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