Hot-water quarantine treatment to control fruit flies in mangoes imported into the United States from Peru.
Sharp J. L., Picho-Martinez H.
Author Affiliation: Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, ARS, USDA, Miami, FL 33158, USA.
Journal of Economic Entomology 83 : 1940-1943
Abstract : Heated water was tested as a quarantine treatment to control infestations by Ceratitis capitata, Anastrepha obliqua, A. fraterculus and A. distincta in mango fruits imported from Peru. Immersing infested fruit for 10-70 min at 46.1 ± 0.25°C reduced the number of surviving pupae that developed from treated larvae. Probit analysis of the data estimated immersion times needed to reach 99?9968% (Probit 9) mortality as 76.1 min for C. capitata, 113.4 min for A. obliqua, 75.6 min for A. fraterculus and 65.8 min for A. distincta. Large-scale confirmatory tests for C. capitata and A. obliqua resulted in no survivors based on normal appearing pupae when 148?925 C. capitata in 3?710 infested mangoes and 122?417 A. obliqua in 4?118 infested mangoes were immersed in water at 46.1 ± 0.25°C for 90 min.