COLD DISINFESTATION OF AUSTRALIAN MANDARINS AGAINST QUEENSLAND FRUIT-FLY (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE)

Authors
HEATHER NW WHITFORT L MCLAUCHLAN RL KOPITTKE R
Citation
Nw. Heather et al., COLD DISINFESTATION OF AUSTRALIAN MANDARINS AGAINST QUEENSLAND FRUIT-FLY (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE), Postharvest biology and technology, 8(4), 1996, pp. 307-315
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,Horticulture,"Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Postharvest biology and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09255214
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
307 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-5214(1996)8:4<307:CDOAMA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Three cultivars of mandarins, 'Imperial', 'Ellendale' and 'Murcott' an d one tangelo, 'Minneola', were shown to be disinfested of Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) by cold treatment at 1 degrees C for 16 days. From a total of 3885 treated fruit of all cultivars, e stimated to contain 176,715 first instars - judged to be the most tole rant in-fruit stage of the pest - there were no survivors. This treatm ent efficacy meets all known international market requirements.