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Anthony R. Clarke, Penelope F. Measham
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Bernard C. Dominiak, Phillip W. Taylor, Polychronis Rempoulakis
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Summary: A two-stage vapor heat treatment (VHT) is commercially used in Thailand to disinfest papayas from the oriental fruit fly, Bac-trocera dorsalis (Hendel), while maintaining fruit quality.
JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY
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