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GAMMA IRRADIATION FOLLOWED BY COLD STORAGE AS A QUARANTINE TREATMENT FOR FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT INFESTED WITH CARIBBEAN FRUIT FLY.

Author(s) : WINDEGUTH D. L. von, GOULD W. P.

Type of article: Article

Summary

. MARSH > WHITE GRAPEFRUITS INFESTED WITH EGGS AND LARVAE OF ANASTREPHA SUSPENSA WERE SUBJECTED TO IONIZING RADIATION AT SEVERAL LOW DOSES FOLLOWED BY COLD: 274.1 K (1.1 DEG C) STORAGE FOR 0-8 DAYS. DATA ANALYSES INDICATED THAT AN IRRADIATION DOSE OF 50 GRAYS FOLLOWED BY 5 DAYS OF COLD STORAGE WILL GIVE IN EXCESS OF PROBIT 9 LEVEL OF QUARANTINESECURITY. A TEST INVOLVING INSECT-INFESTED GRAPEFRUIT CONFIRMED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS TREATMENT. (POSTHARVEST NEWS INF., GB., 2, N 2, 1991/04, 740.

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  • Original title: GAMMA IRRADIATION FOLLOWED BY COLD STORAGE AS A QUARANTINE TREATMENT FOR FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT INFESTED WITH CARIBBEAN FRUIT FLY.
  • Record ID : 1991-2633
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Florida Entomol. - vol. 73 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1990
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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