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1 December 2010 Effect of Cold Storage on Larval and Adult Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) Viability in Commercially Ripe, Artificially Infested Persea americana ‘Hass’
M. Aluja, F. Díaz-Fleischer, J. Arredondo, J. Valle-Mora, J. Rull
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Abstract

Commercially ripe ‘Hass’ avocados, Persea americana Mill, artificially exposed to wild Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) females 24 h after harvest were placed in a cold storage facility to determine the effect of low temperature on larval survival and adult viability. Fruit were left for 3, 6, 9, and 12 d in a cold room at 5°C followed by a 20 -25-d period at ambient temperature to allow for larval development and pupation. Hass avocados and grapefruit, Citrus paradisi Macfadyen, maintained at ambient temperature served as controls. Overall, only 0.23% of the Hass avocados and 19.30% of the grapefruit were infested. The number of infested fruit increased with decreasing exposure time to cold. Puparia from cold-treated Hass avocados were significantly smaller than those stemming from cold-treated grapefruit. Hass avocados exposed for 12 d to 5°C yielded no puparia, and those exposed for 6 and 9 d yielded 22 and two puparia, respectively, but no adults. Although Hass avocados exposed to cold temperature for 3 d yielded adults that reached sexual maturity (N = 16), females laid in viable eggs. Grapefruit exposed to cold for 12 d yielded normal-sized puparia (but no adults), whereas those exposed over 9 d yielded females able to lay viable eggs. We conclude that exposing fruit to cold storage after packing and during transport represents an effective risk-mitigating procedure in the highly improbable event that a gravid A. ludens female might lay eggs in a commercially ripe Hass avocado that had been left unprotected in a packinghouse.

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M. Aluja, F. Díaz-Fleischer, J. Arredondo, J. Valle-Mora, and J. Rull "Effect of Cold Storage on Larval and Adult Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) Viability in Commercially Ripe, Artificially Infested Persea americana ‘Hass’," Journal of Economic Entomology 103(6), 2000-2008, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC09425
Received: 17 December 2009; Accepted: 1 September 2010; Published: 1 December 2010
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KEYWORDS
Anastrepha ludens
cold treatment
Hass avocado
risk analysis
Tephritidae
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