Project Number: 6204-43000-013-09
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Aug 08, 2004
End Date: Sep 30, 2005

Objective:
Develop irradiation quarantine treatments against several phytosanitary pests for U.S. export market.

Approach:
Citrus rust mite (Eriophyidae), brown garden snail (Gastropoda), and one or more of the following Lepidoptera that pupate within the marketed part of the host plant: European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and species of Diatrea (crabidoides, grandiosella, saccharalis) will be irradiated with minimum absorbed doses that prevent reproduction of each species.

Project Team

Hallman, Guy

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