Heat treatment for insect control

Heat treatment for insect control: developments and applications

by Hammond, David

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Stored product insects and other pests represent a major hygiene and safety issue to many industries, from food production to building infestation, and issues for timber pallets and packaging. Beds bugs are rapidly becoming a public health issue in hotels, hostels and houses in many parts of the world. While fumigation has been one of the prevalent routes for pest control, there remain issues with the toxicity of the chemicals used and potential exposure to humans therefore heat treatment has p…

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  • Full title :Heat treatment for insect control : developments and applications / David Hammond.

Summary

Stored product insects and other pests represent a major hygiene and safety issue to many industries, from food production to building infestation, and issues for timber pallets and packaging. Beds bugs are rapidly becoming a public health issue in hotels, hostels and houses in many parts of the world. While fumigation has been one of the prevalent routes for pest control, there remain issues with the toxicity of the chemicals used and potential exposure to humans therefore heat treatment has proven to be a successful alternative when used correctly. It is well known that excessive heat is.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Woodhead Publishing
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge, England
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (121 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780857097811, 0857097814, 0857097768, 9780857097767
  • oclc:ocn893674909
  • LC Classification:SB931
  • Dewey Decimal:628.9657

Table of Contents

Cover; Heat Treatment for Insect Control: Developments and Applications; Copyright; Contents; Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition; Introduction; Part One Principles; 1 Fundamentals of heat treatment of insect pests; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation; 1.3 Measurement of energy; 1.4 Specific heat capacity and specific heat of evaporation; 1.5 Target temperatures for the heat treatment of insects; 1.6 Heat treatment in practice; 1.7 Summary; References and further reading.

2 Operational planning, best practice and cost issues in heat treatment of insect pests2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The survey; 2.3 Execution of the heat treatment; 2.4 Heat treatment report; 2.5 The economics of heat treatment; 2.6 Summary; References and further reading; 3 Heat treatment as part of an integrated pest management programme; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Integrated pest management programmes; 3.3 Proactive pest management: exclusion, restriction and destruction; 3.4 Exclusion techniques; 3.5 Restriction techniques; 3.6 Destruction techniques; References and further reading.

Part Two Applications in food4 Heat treatment of insect pests in fo…

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Subjects

Agricultural Entomology and Acarology (… Bewaring, verpakking en opslag van leve… buildings Food Preservation, Packaging and Storage Food storage pests -- Control Foods gebouwen Heat treatment Insect control insect pests Insect pests -- Control Insect pests -- Effect of temperature on insectenbestrijding insectenplagen Insectes nuisibles -- Effets de la temp… Insectes nuisibles -- Lutte contre Landbouwkundige entomologie en acaralog… Stored products pests TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environment… voedingsmiddelen

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Hammond, David

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