Assessing 'Bing' sweet cherry tolerance to a heated controlled atmosphere for insect pest control

HortTechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 308-311

  Shellie, K C ^a   Neven, L G ^a   Drake, S R ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfestation; Fumigation; Hot forced air; Methyl bromide; Postharvest; Quality

Indexed keywords

CINGULATA; CYDIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; RHAGOLETIS; RHAGOLETIS CINGULATA; RHAGOLETIS INDIFFERENS;

EID: 0035726783     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.11.2.308     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Quality characteristics of 'Bing' and 'Rainier' sweet cherries treated with gibberellic acid, following fumigation with methyl bromide
2. Methyl bromide fumigation of five cultivars of sweet cherries as a quarantine treatment against codling moth
3. CATTS (Controlled Atmosphere/Temperature Treatment System): A novel tool for the development of quarantine treatments
4. Comparison of alternative postharvest quarantine treatments for sweet cherries
5. Tolerance of grapefruit and Mexican fruit fly to heated controlled atmospheres
6. 2 atmospheres
7. Use of methyl bromide for quarantine and preshipment