Irradiation was examined as a potential phytosanitary treatment to control white peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Homoptera: Diaspididae), a serious quarantine pest of papaya, Carica papaya L., in Hawaii. Dose–response tests were conducted with second-stage nymphs, adult females without eggs, and adult females with eggs at a series of irradiation doses between 60 and 150 Gy to determine the most tolerant stage. The adult female with eggs was the most tolerant stage. In large-scale validation tests 35,424 adult female scales with and without eggs irradiated at a dose of 150 Gy produced no F1 generation adults with eggs. Irradiation treatment with a minimum absorbed dose of 150 Gy should provide quarantine security for white peach scale on exported papaya and other commodities.
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1 December 2006
Irradiation as a Phytosanitary Treatment for White Peach Scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae)
Peter A. Follett
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 99 • No. 6
December 2006
Vol. 99 • No. 6
December 2006
phytosanitary treatment
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
quarantine Pest
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