“…These investigators identified some effects of this process including: reduction of post-harvest losses, eradication of insect pests, reduction of food-borne diseases, extension of shelf life, delay in the ripening of some fruits and vegetables and inhibition of sprouting in yams (WHO 1998, Bansa andAppiah 2003). They also identified some applications of the process to include: breeding of high-performance well-adapted and disease-resistant agricultural crop varieties (Andres et al 1994, Emovon 1996), disinfection and reduction of microbial populations in cocoa beans (Adesuyi 1996), treatment of coffee and reduction in the infection rate of in sugar beet seeds (Rasheed et al 2002, Rizk andMoussa 2003).…”