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Methyl bromide fumigation quarantine treatment for carambolas infested with Caribbean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).

Author(s) : HALLMAN G. J., KING J. R.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Although 1 larva of an estimated 104,303 in 6,796 carambolas survived fumigation at 40 g/m3 for 2 hours (temperatures 23 more or less 1 deg C), it died as an apparently normal pupa. No immediate detrimental effects were observed on sound carambolas after fumigation; however, shelf life at room temperature was reduced by 24-30%. After 48 hours of storage at 4.5 more or less 0.5 deg C, fumigated carambolas had residues of 0.83 more or less 0.09 ppm. Methyl bromide fumigation of carambolas with 40 g/m3 for 2 hours at 23 more or less 1 deg C could be a viable quarantine treatment of carambolas infested with A. suspensa if the fruit fly mortality and carambola shelf life observed in this study were not objectionable.

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  • Original title: Methyl bromide fumigation quarantine treatment for carambolas infested with Caribbean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).
  • Record ID : 1994-2313
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. econ. Entomol. - vol. 85 - n. 4
  • Publication date: 1992

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