Calculation of Survival from Double Hot-water Immersion Treatment for Papayas Infested with Oriental Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 80 (4) , 887-890
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/80.4.887
Abstract
Papaya fruits infested with eggs of the oriental fruit fly, Dacus dorsalis Hendel, were exposed to a variety of double hot-water immersion treatments, and larval survival rates were measured. Using measurements of egg number as a function of fruit depth, a mathematical model was developed to calculate survival rates. Predictions compared favorably with the experimental results.Keywords
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