Heat treatment of 'Oroblanco' citrus fruit to control insect infestation

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-329

  Lurie, Susan ^a   Jemric, Tomislav ^b   Weksler, Asya ^a   Akiva, Ruti ^c   Gazit, Yoav ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Israel Cohen Inst for Biol Control   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata (Weidmann); Citrus; Heat treatment; Mediterranean fruit fly; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CITRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA;

EID: 7044232018     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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