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  Analytical methods.

CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Analytical methods, 2004, pp unpaginated

The three main stages in DNA extraction protocols for bacteria and fungi (i.e. breakdown of cell wall and release of cell contents, preparation of cru...
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  FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Germplasm. No. 16. Stone fruits.

Diekmann, M.;  Putter, C. A. J.;  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy,  FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Germplasm. No. 16. Stone fruits, 1996, pp 111 pp., many ref.

This publication on stone fruits is part of a series of crop-specific technical guidelines under the FAO/IPGRI programme that provides relevant inform...
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  Taxonomy and nomenclature.

CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Taxonomy and nomenclature, 2004, pp unpaginated, 11 ref.

Rules and procedures in botanical and zoological taxonomy and nomenclature, including those on nomenclatural changes, are discussed. The Crop Protecti...
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  Wood and wood products as pathways for introduction of exotic bark beetles and woodborers.

Ciesla, W. M.;  CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Wood and wood products as pathways for introduction of exotic bark beetles and woodborers, 2004, pp unpaginated, many ref.

This paper reviews some case histories of insect introductions via wood and wood products, as well as the types of products that can transport these i...
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  Containment and eradication.

Black, R.;  CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Containment and eradication, 2004, pp unpaginated, 13 ref.

In phytosanitary/plant quarantine terms, containment and eradication is a consequence of the introduction of a quarantine pest into an endangered area...
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  Post-entry and intermediate quarantine.

Black, R.;  CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Post-entry and intermediate quarantine, 2004, pp unpaginated, 10 ref.

Post-entry quarantine (PEQ) is defined in the FAO Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms as quarantine applied to a consignment after entry. This review prov...
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  Pest risk management.

Ikin, B.;  CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Pest risk management, 2004, pp unpaginated, 13 ref.

The management stage of pest risk assessment (PRA) is the process of identifying procedures that would address the pest risk, evaluating the efficacy ...
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  Use of CLIMEX in pest risk analysis for quarantine.

Sutherst, R. W.;  Bottomley, W.;  Yonow, T.;  Maywald, G. F.;  CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Use of CLIMEX in pest risk analysis for quarantine, 2004, pp unpaginated, 11 ref.

CLIMEX is a decision-support system developed by Sutherst and Maywald (1985), in part, to help users to evaluate the risk of establishment of exotic s...
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  Pest risk analysis.

Ikin, B.;  CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Pest risk analysis, 2004, pp unpaginated, 13 ref.

Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) is defined in the FAO Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms as the process of evaluating biological or other scientific and economi...
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  Forest gaps in West Africa: a new frontier for an invasive pioneer.

Binggeli, P.;  CABI, Wallingford, UK,  Forest gaps in West Africa: a new frontier for an invasive pioneer, 2004, pp unpaginated

The trumpet tree (Cecropia peltata) is a small weedy tree from humid tropical America, which was introduced to Africa around 1910. For half a century ...
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