Articles from Penn State Authors

Comparative study of radio-frequency and microwave heating for phytosanitary treatment of wood

PDF document, 3.1 MB

Manoj K. Dubey, John Janowiak, Ron Mack, Peggy Elder & Kelli Hoover
Lethal temperature for pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in infested wood using radio frequency (RF) energy

PDF document, 639.2 KB

Adnan Uzunovic, Brad Gething, Aaron Coelho, Angela Dale, John J. Janowiak, Ron Mack, Kelli Hoover
Lethal Temperature for Pinewood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in Infested Wood Using Microwave Energy

PDF document, 835.5 KB

Kelli Hoover, Adnan Uzunovic, Brad Gething, Angela Dale, Karen Leung, Nancy Ostiguy, John J. Janowiak

Feasibility of eradicating cerambycid larvae and pinewood nematodes infesting lumber with commercial 2.45 GHz microwave equipment

PDF document, 438.2 KB

Mary R. Fleming, John J. Janowiak, John M. Halbrendt, Leah S. Bauer, Deborah L. Miller, and Kelli Hoover
Parameters for scale-up of lethal microwave treatment to eradicate cerambycid larvae infesting solid wood packing materials

PDF document, 159.9 KB

Mary R. Fleming, John J. Janowiak, Joseph Kearns, Jeffrey E. Shield, Rustum Roy, Dinesh K. Agrawal, Leah S. Bauer, Deborah L. Miller, Kelli Hoover
Microwave irradiation of wood packing material to destroy the Asian longhorned beetle

PDF document, 230.5 KB

Mary R. Fleming, Kelli Hoover, John J. Janowiak, Yi Fang, Xin Wang, Wenmin Liu, Yuejin Wang, Xiaoxi Hang, Dinesh Agrawal, Victor C. Mastro, David R. Lance, Jeffery E. Shield, Rustum Roy.
Comparison of potential environmental impacts of microwave and RF phytosanitary treatment of wooden pallets to conventional heat treatment and methyl bromide treatments

PowerPoint 2007 presentation, 1.8 MB

Charles Ray, Sebastian Anil , Li Ma, Shirin Shahidi, Kelli Hoover, and John Janowiak

Determining Treatment Cost of Pallets Under Dielectric Heating Criteria

PowerPoint 2007 presentation, 807.7 KB

C.D. Ray, M.K. Dubey, S. Shahidi, J.J. Janowiak, and K. Hoover. The Pennsylvania State University - September, 2014

Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Bark-Free Requirements for Wood Pallets in International Trade

PDF document, 736.5 KB

Charles D. Ray, John J. Janowiak, Judd H. Michael, and Hrabrin Bachev
Bark occurrence in U.S. and Canadian wooden pallets

PDF document, 186.7 KB

Charles D. Ray and Edgar Deomano