Quarantine Disinfestation of Lemons Against Bactrocera tryoni and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) Using Cold Storage
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 86 (3) , 798-802
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/86.3.798
Abstract
‘Eureka’ and ‘Lisbon’ lemons were artificially infested with immature life stages of Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (= Dacus tryoni Froggatt), or Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), and stored at 1 ± 0.2°C. Dose-mortality data from infested fruit held in cold storage for up to 14 d showed that first-instar B. tryoni and second-instar C. capitata were the life stages most tolerant of cold. From >43,000 B. tryoni first ins tars and >30,000 C. capitata second instars, none survived to pupation after storage at 1°C for 14 d. Storage of Iemons at 1°C for up to 32 d had no adverse effects on fruit quality.Keywords
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