This chapter discusses pistachio origin, current areas of production, composition, quality, health benefits, fruit physiological characteristics, horticultural maturity indices, physiological disorders, temperature handling, optimum storage and shipping conditions, and postharvest pathology. Retail ...

This chapter presents irradiation as a promising phytosanitary measure that faces significant challenges. It has emerged as a viable quarantine treatment in recent years but some of its unique characteristics have slowed the adoption of this technology. Some things to remember in this chapter are...

This chapter introduces a relatively new innovation in phytosanitary risk management, post-entry measures. These are under-appreciated for their risk management value because risk managers are reluctant to allow potentially infested articles to enter, even when risk analysis supports the use of...

This book aims to provide an overview of insect pest management, highlighting the major problem areas and contentious issues and, where possible, attempting to identify promising lines and directions for future research and implementation. The book includes descriptions and explanations of the...

Legislation, regulations and voluntary codes are used at national and international levels to ensure good practice in pest management and to govern the safe use and availability of pest control products, the quality of food and other products that require treatment against pests and the...

Cultural practices for disease management are of preventative nature, and many of them are natural parts of the growers' general practices. Most of them apply to the principles of avoidance, eradication and protection. While some actions will have a negative effect on a specific pathogen, they may...

This chapter focues on the importance of the role of the International Plant Protection Convention and its International Standards for Phytosanitary Measurements in ensuring the adequacy of pre- and/or postharvest fruit fly controls to minimize risk to a standard acceptable to allow the free...

This chapter discussed general biosecurity guidelines for dog breeders, owners and traders as well as in dog breeding kennels giving considerations on both external and internal biosecurity.

This manual describes practices conducted in the pre-nursery and the main nursery from the reception of germinated seed- or tissue-culture produced ramets to the production of high-quality field-ready plants. These practices involve nursery set-up, soil preparation, sowing, potting-on, watering,...

Although Indonesia is the largest grower of oil palm, other countries are also significant producers. Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica and Thailand are the next biggest oil palm seed producers. Due to this competition, some Indonesian plantation companies import oil palm germinated seeds from ...