Low-dose irradiation phytosanitary treatment against Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).

From: Florida Entomologist | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Hallman, Guy J.; Torres-Rivera, Zoila | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), is one of the most important quarantine pests in the world. Host commodities shipped from infested parts of the world to non-infested parts that might be susceptible to infestation should undergo a phytosanitary measure to render negligible the risk of shipping viable flies. Ionizing irradiation is a promising phytosanitary treatment that is tolerated by the great majority of hosts of the Mediterranean...

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