High-Pressure Washing Treatments to Remove Obscure Mealybug (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) and Lightbrown Apple Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Harvested Apples

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1458-1463

  Whiting, Diana C ^a   Hoy, Lisa E ^a   Maindonald, John H ^b   Connolly, Patrick G ^a   McDonald, Rod M ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apples; Epiphyas postvittana; High pressure water washing; Pack house; Pseudococcus viburni

Indexed keywords

CALYX; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS VIBURNI; TORTRICIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FRUIT; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; FRUIT; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; MOTHS; PRESSURE;

EID: 0032254366     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.6.1458     Document Type: Article

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