Mortality of the Mexican Fruit Fly from Carbon Dioxide Generated in Buried Mangos and Oranges1
- 15 December 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 63 (6) , 1917-1919
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/63.6.1917
Abstract
Infested oranges buried 8 days under 25–30 cm of soil produced concentrations of 34% CO2 in the air in the burial pits and 85% mortality of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew); infested mangos handled in the same way produced concentrations of 60% CO2 and 97% mortality. In fruits buried under 10 to 25 cm of soil and left undisturbed for longer periods, the mortality in oranges was 99.7 to 100% and in mangos from 98.7 to 99.7%.Keywords
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