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• Practical Joule Heating for Phytosanitary Log Treatment 

  Heffernan WJB; van Herel M; Nursultanov N; Smart T (2016)

  A team at the University of Canterbury’s Electric Power Engineering Centre (EPECentre) has developed a laboratory machine and process that can rapidly and reliably Joule heat the sapwood of softwood timber. This treatment, ...

• Practical Application of Joule Heating to the Sterilization of Plantation Grown Pinus radiata Logs 

  Heffernan WJB (2013)

  Pinus radiata (D. Don) log exports are one of New Zealand’s major foreign revenue earners, with 12.8 million cubic metres, valued at nearly NZ$1.7 billion, shipped in 2011. Most trading partners require logs to be treated ...

• Tolerance of Hylurgus ligniperda (F.)(Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and Arhopalus ferus(Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to ionising radiation: a comparison with existing generic radiation phytosanitary treatments 

  van Haandel, A.; Kerr, J.L.; Laban, J.; Massart, X.; Murray, T.J.; O'Connor, B.C.; Pawson, S.M.; Romo, C.M.; Walker, S. (2017)

  Background: Irradiation is accepted as a phytosanitary treatment for horticultural products by many countries. Irradiation is a potential alternative to chemical fumigation for wood products; however, data supporting its ...