Potential for Metabolic Stress Disinfection and Disinfestation (MSDD) Treatment to Disinfest Commodities of White Peach Scale and other Surface Pests

dc.contributor.author	Alevalo-Galarza, Lourdes
dc.contributor.author	Neumann, Gabor
dc.contributor.author	Follett, Peter A.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-04-14T20:34:58Z
dc.date.available	2011-04-14T20:34:58Z
dc.date.issued	2010-12
dc.description.abstract	Metabolic stress disinfection and disinfestation (MSDD) is a postharvest treatment that combines short periods of low pressure (vacuum) and elevated CO2 with ethanol vapor to control pathogens and arthropod pests on commodities. The system was tested against white peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti) (Homoptera: Diaspididae), a serious pest of papaya in Hawaii. Treatment with low pressure (125 mm Hg) and high CO2 (>99%) alone had no effect on mortality of second stage nymphs, whereas a combination of low pressure, high CO2 and ethanol vapor (75 mg l-1) killed 98% of the individuals tested. This combination treatment has potential to disinfest fresh commodities of surface pests.
dc.identifier.issn	0073-134X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/19917
dc.publisher	Hawaiian Entomological Society
dc.rights.cc	Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
dc.rights.cccode	by-nc-nd-nsa
dc.subject	Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, quarantine treatment, postharvest treatment, low pressure, vacuum, ethanol, controlled atmosphere
dc.title	Potential for Metabolic Stress Disinfection and Disinfestation (MSDD) Treatment to Disinfest Commodities of White Peach Scale and other Surface Pests
dc.type	Article
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