Generic vapor heat treatments to control Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1263-1268

  Follett, Peter A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Phytosanitary treatment; Quarantine heat treatment; Quarantine pest

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 4444370287     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.4.1263     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Abbott, W. S. 1925. A method for computing the effectiveness of an insecticide. J. Econ. Entomol. 18: 265-267.
2. [USDA] U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1998. Treatment manual, interim edition. USDA-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine 04/98-01. Washington, DC.
3. Armstrong, J. W. 2001. Quarantine security of bananas at harvest maturity against Mediterranean and oriental fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii. J. Econ. Entomol. 94: 302-314.
4. Beardsley, J. W. 1985. Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green). Notes and exhibitions. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 25: 27-28.
5. [CDFA] California Department of Food and Agriculture]. 1999. Pink hibiscus mealybug discovered in Imperial County. News release CDFA99-068. Sacramento, CA.
6. Follett, P. A. 1999. Treatments for non-fruit fly pests of quarantine importance: problems and approaches. pp. 213-217, In Proceedings of T-STAR Workshop X. Mitigating the effects of exotic pests on trade and agriculture. Part A: the Caribbean. University of Florida Press, Gainesville.
7. Follett, P. A., and J. W. Armstrong. 2004. Revised irradiation doses to control melon fly, Mediterranean fruit fly, and oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) and a generic dose for tephritid fruit flies. J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 1254-1262.
8. Follett, P. A., and S. S. Sanxter. 2000. Comparison of rambutan quality after hot forced-air and irradiation quarantine treatments. HortScience 35: 1315-1318.
9. Follett, P. A., and S. S. Sanxter. 2002. Longan quality after hot water immersion and X-ray irradiation quarantine treatments. HortScience 37: 571-574.
10. Gaffney, J. J., and J. W. Armstrong. 1990. Hot forced-air research facility for heating fruits for insect quarantine treatments. J. Econ. Entomol. 83: 1959-1964.
11. Gould, W. P., and R. G. McGuire. 2000. Hot water treatment and insecticidal coatings for disinfesting limes of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 93: 1017-1020.
12. Hansen, J. D., A. H. Hara, and V. L. Tenbrink. 1992. Vapor heat: a potential treatment to disinfest tropical cut flowers and foliage. HortScience 27: 139-143.
13. Hara, A. H., T. Y. Hata, V. L. Tenbrink, B.K.S. Hu, and R. T. Kaneko. 1996. Postharvest heat treatment of red ginger flowers as a possible alternative to chemical insecticidal dip. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 7: 137-144.
14. Hara, A. H., T. Y. Hata, B.K.S. Hu, and M.M.C. Tsang. 1997. Hot-air induced thermotolerance of red ginger flowers and mealybugs to postharvest hot-water immersion. Post-harvest Biol. Technol 12: 101-108.
15. Jacobsen, C. M., and A. H. Hara. 2003. Irradiation of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) for phytosanitation of agricultural commodities. J. Econ. Entomol. 96: 1334-1339.
16. Mani, M. 1989. A review of the pink hibiscus mealybug - Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green). Insect Sci. Appl. 10: 157-167.
17. Meyerdirk, D. E., R. Warkentin, B. Attavain, E. Gersback, A. Francis, M. Adams, and G. Francis. 1998. Biological control of the pink hibiscus mealybug project manual. USDA-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine and International Services. Riverdale, MD.
18. Meyerdirk, D. E. 2001. Biological control of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green), in the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean, California, Belize, and Bahamas: status report, 30 October 2001. USDA-APHIS. National Biological Control Institute, Riverdale, MD.
19. Paull, R. E., and J. W. Armstrong. 1994. Insect pests and fresh horticultural products: treatments and responses. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom.
20. Sagarra, L. A., and D. D. Peterkin. 1999. Invasion of the Caribbean by the hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Phytoprotection 80: 103-113.
21. SAS Institute. 2002. JMP user's guide. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
22. Sokal, R. R., and F. J. Rohlf. 1981. Biometry. W. H. Freeman & Co., New York.
23. [UNEP] United Nations Environment Programme. 1992. 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. Copenhagen, 23-25 November 1992. UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya.
24. Walker, G. P., N. Zareh, and M. L. Arpaia. 1999. Effect of pressure and dwell time on efficiency of a high-pressure washer for postharvest removal of California red scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae) from citrus fruit. J. Econ. Entomol. 92: 906-914.
25. Zettler, J. L., P. A. Follett, and R. F. Gill. 2002. Susceptibility of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) to methyl bromide. J. Econ. Entomol. 95: 1169-1173.