Phytosanitary Irradiation

Phytosanitary treatments disinfest traded commodities of potential quarantine pests. Phytosanitary irradiation (PI) treatments use ionizing radiation to accomplish this, and, since their international commercial debut in 2004, the use of this technology has increased by ~10% annually. Generic PI tre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guy J. Hallman, Carl M. Blackburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Foods
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/5/1/8