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Pest Management
Radio frequency puts the heat on plant pests
March 31st, 2003
Although the effectiveness of using radio waves to kill destructive insects in agricultural products has been known for 70 years, the technique has never been applied on a commercial scale. For several decades, methyl bromide has been a mainstay treatment to kill a wide array of quarantined pests. A recent cooperative effort by four U.S. Agricultural Research Service research laboratories and two universities aims to overcome the technical barriers to use of radio wave heating to control pests on a commercial scale in places such as orchards, packing houses, and food plants. Electromagnetic waves of radio frequency can make...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2003-03-31)
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