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Armstrong J. W., . (1996) Tropical fruit international trade and quarantine: A research perspective. [Proceedings Paper]
Abstract
World trade in fresh tropical fruits is expanding rapidly to meet increasing demands on existing markets and to supply new markets resulting from international trade agreements. Postharvest quarantine treatments are required to disinfest economically important host fruits of insect pests before they are moved through marketing channels to areas where the pests do not occur. Fumigation with toxic compounds is no longer the first quarantine treatment option of choice that it was in the past. Since the loss of ethylene dibromide and the proposed ban on the use of methyl bromide numerous physical treatments have replaced these fumigants. Most physical treatments in use today were developed or refined over the past twenty years including hot-water immersion forced hot-air vapor heat refrigeration and irradiation treatments. Because physical treatments play an ever-increasing role in quarantine research to identify the interactions between treatment pest and host fruit is needed. Knowledge of these interactions may permit manipulation of individual treatments or the development of quarantine systems that reduce or eliminate treatment-induced loss to fruit quality or shelflife while maintaining quarantine security. Simultaneously basic research to identify new potential quarantine treatment technologies must be maintained.
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World trade in fresh tropical fruits is expanding rapidly to meet increasing demands on existing markets and to supply new markets resulting from international trade agreements. Postharvest quarantine treatments are required to disinfest economically important host fruits of insect pests before they are moved through marketing channels to areas where the pests do not occur. Fumigation with toxic compounds is no longer the first quarantine treatment option of choice that it was in the past. Since the loss of ethylene dibromide and the proposed ban on the use of methyl bromide numerous physical treatments have replaced these fumigants. Most physical treatments in use today were developed or refined over the past twenty years including hot-water immersion forced hot-air vapor heat refrigeration and irradiation treatments. Because physical treatments play an ever-increasing role in quarantine research to identify the interactions between treatment pest and host fruit is needed. Knowledge of these interactions may permit manipulation of individual treatments or the development of quarantine systems that reduce or eliminate treatment-induced loss to fruit quality or shelflife while maintaining quarantine security. Simultaneously basic research to identify new potential quarantine treatment technologies must be maintained.
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| Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Available at Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. mal SB 359 I61 1996 Vol. 2 Call Number |
| AGROVOC Term: | Tropical fruits |
| AGROVOC Term: | International trade |
| AGROVOC Term: | Markets |
| AGROVOC Term: | Postharvest control |
| AGROVOC Term: | Quarantine |
| AGROVOC Term: | Disinfection |
| AGROVOC Term: | Insect pests |
| AGROVOC Term: | Marketing channels |
| AGROVOC Term: | Fumigation |
| AGROVOC Term: | Edb ethylene dibromide |
| Geographical Term: | MALAYSIA |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 05:14 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11997 |
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