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4 December 2018 Sulfur Dioxide Fumigation for Postharvest Control of Mealybugs on Harvested Table Grapes
Yong-Biao Liu
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Abstract

Laboratory fumigations with sulfur dioxide (SO2) were conducted under ultralow oxygen (ULO) and normal atmosphere to determine their effects on mortality of grape mealybug, Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn), and vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus Signoret, and postharvest quality of table grapes. Three- and 4-d fumigation treatments with 100 ppm SO2 under 30 ppm ULO condition and normal atmosphere resulted in 100% mortality of eggs and nymphs/adults of vine mealybug. The 3- and 4-d SO2 fumigations under the ULO condition and the normal atmosphere were also effective against grape mealybug with egg mortalities of 85.8% and 98.8% and nymph/adult mortalities of 99.0% and 100%, respectively. There was no significant difference between SO2 fumigations under ULO and the normal atmosphere in insect mortality. One-day fumigation treatments with 400 and 500 ppm SO2 achieved 89.8% and 95.8% mortality of grape mealybug eggs, respectively, and achieved 100% mortality of grape mealybug nymphs and adults. None of the treatments used in this study adversely affected quality of the six table grape cultivars used in the studies. SO2 fumigation under either ULO or normal atmosphere is potentially a useful means for postharvest control of mealybugs on harvested table grapes.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2018. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
Yong-Biao Liu "Sulfur Dioxide Fumigation for Postharvest Control of Mealybugs on Harvested Table Grapes," Journal of Economic Entomology 112(2), 597-602, (4 December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy373
Received: 12 July 2018; Accepted: 2 November 2018; Published: 4 December 2018
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KEYWORDS
fumigation
mealybug
postharvest pest control
postharvest quality
sulfur dioxide
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