Table of Contents

Introduction: History and purpose of quarantine and phytosanitation requirements, J D Hansen, USDA-ARS, USA; J A Johnson, USDA-ARS, USA Chapter 2: Fundamental heat transfer theory for thermal treatments, J Tang and S Wang Chapter 3: Temperature measurement, J Tang and S Wang Chapter 4: Physiological responses of agricultural commodities to heat treatments, S Lurie and E J Mitcham Chapter 5: Experimental and simulation methods of insect thermal death kinetic, S Wang, J Tang and J D Hanson Chapter 6: Physiology and thermal death kinetics of selected insects, J Tang, S Wang and J A Johnson Chapter 7: Thermal control of fungi to reduce postharvest decay, E Fallik, ARO, The Volcani Center, Israel, and S Lurie Chapter 8: Disinfestation of stored products and associated structures using heat, S J Beckett, CSIRO Entomology, Australia, P G Fields, Agriculture & Agrifood Canada, and Bh Subramanyam, Kansas State University, USA Chapter 9: Considerations for phytosanitary heat treatment research, G J Hallman, USDA-ARS, USA Chapter 10: Heat with controlled atmospheres, E J Mitcham Chapter 11: The influence of heat shock proteins in insect pests and fruits in thermal treatments, S Lurie and E Jang, US Department of Agriculture Chapter 12: Thermal treatment protocol development and scale-up, J Tang, S Wang, and J W Armstrong, USDA-ARS, USA Chapter 13: Commercial Quarantine Heat Treatments, J W Armstrong and R L Mangan, USDA-ARS, USA

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Shaojin Wang