บทคัดย่องานวิจัย

Heat and cold treatments for postharvest quarantine disinfestation of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and other quarantine pests.

Sharp, J. L.; Singh, O. P.; Verma, S. N.;

Florida Entomologist Year: 1993 Vol: 76 Issue: 2 Pages: 212-218 Ref: 41 ref.

1993

บทคัดย่อ

Heat and cold treatments for postharvest quarantine disinfestation of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and other quarantine pests.

This paper provides a review of hot and cold treatments to control tephritids and other stored products pests of fruits and vegetables for quarantine purposes, under the headings quick-freezing, dry heat, vapour heat, hot air, hot water immersion and combination treatment. Temperature treatments against Anastrepha suspensa include exposure to water or air >43 deg C and exposure to cold (0-2.22 deg C). Temperature treatments used against other pests and plant pathogens are dry heat (>60 deg C) and quick freezing (-17 deg C or below).