No abstract available

No abstract available

[en] Extensive research on applications of radiation technology in quarantine treatment in the United States was completed in the 1970s after nearly 20 years of investigations. Studies mainly carried out in Hawaii were able to gather data in support of a petition to the US-FDA recommending irradiation treatment in controlling infestation and marketability of perishable fruits and vegetables. The potential of irradiation treatment as one alternative to chemical fumigation to meet quarantine requirements is being reviewed. (author)

[en] Developing countries frequently lack the storage, refrigeration, handling, and transportation systems required to efficiently market harvested crops. Postharvest losses are higher in lesser developed countries (LDC) but have been estimated at overall levels of 20 percent even in the United States. Food irradiation technology is one excellent example where developed and lesser developed countries can cooperate for mutual benefit. This technology is perhaps even more important to LDCs than it is for the developed world, where refrigerated cold chains and efficient marketing systems are in place and operating. For food irradiation to be economic, however, the technology must be applied on a large scale

[en] Short communications only

No abstract available

[en] The use of agrochemicals in general and pesticides in particular has greatly aided crop production, protected man from diseases, decreased losses of stored grains and has generally improved man's welfare. One of the steps in ensuring safety of pesticides is adequate monitoring programmes for residue levels in food products and the agricultural environment. Oil-bearing plants often receive heavy pesticide treatment and known to accumulate high concentration of pesticide residues. Technical documents included in this volume report effect of refining or processing of various oil crops like soybean, olive oil, coconut, rapeseed, sunflower cottonseed corn, peanut oil on ¹⁴C-compound pesticide residues. Refs, figs and tabs

[en] Short communication

No abstract available

[en] The advantages of using ionizing radiation for the preservation of potato, corn, fruits and vegetables are reviewed. The main technical problems of the irradiating devices are also discussed. (P.L.)