Immersion of Florida mangos in hot water as a quarantine treatment for Caribbean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Sharp J. L., Ouye M. T., Hart W., Ingle S., Hallman G., Gould W., Chew V.
Author Affiliation: Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, ARS, USDA, Miami, FL 33158, USA.
Journal of Economic Entomology 82 : 186-188
Abstract : Heated water was tested as a quarantine treatment to destroy all instars of Anastrepha suspensa in mangoes from Florida. Infested Tommy Atkins and Keitt were immersed for 20-60 min in water at 46.1-46.7°C. Probit analysis of the data estimated the immersion time required to reach 99.9968% mortality (Probit 9 security) as 60 and 60.5 min for Tommy Atkins and Keitt, resp. A large-scale test resulted in zero survivors based on the number of normal-appearing pupae when 116?031 larvae of A. suspensa in 3828 infested fruits of Tommy Atkins, Keitt, Jubilee, and Kent were immersed in water at 46.1-46.7°C for 90 min.