Post-Harvest Processing of Fruits and Vegetables by Ionizing Radiation

Sharma, Arun

doi:10.1007/1-4020-2535-1_10

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“…The presence of exotic insects represents a major problem of international trade in food and agricultural products [4]. Many insect pests, such as fruit flies (Tephritidae), are important quarantine targets in various global regions because they may be absent within the region or the importing country, and many countries have implemented 'zero tolerance' policies regarding the importation of any living insects, regardless of whether they are economically significant [5].…”

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“…Irradiation is an emerging technology [4] and represents one of the newest phytosanitary measures that has been applied for quarantine purposes [11] to prevent the introduction or spread of regulated pests. Unlike all other commercially applied phytosanitary treatments, the disinfesting effectiveness of phytosanitary irradiation can be measured by the prevention of adult emergence from eggs or larvae within the fruit that are exposed to the irradiation process [12,13].…”

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Gamma Radiation as a Potential Phytosanitary Squash Treatment for the Control of Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Baldo

Villavicencio

Schmidt

et al. 2021

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Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are the primary pests of horticultural crops worldwide, causing both direct and indirect damage to the fruit production, including Anastrepha grandis (Macquart, 1846), which exclusively infests Cucurbitaceae fruit. Dose-response tests were used to examine the effects of gamma radiation exposure on 24 – 48 h old eggs and third instar larvae, both in vitro and in Atlas squashes (Cucurbita moschata). The following physicochemical properties of Atlas squashes exposed to gamma radiation were evaluated: titratable total acidity, sugar, pH, external colouration, and texture. It was found that under in vitro conditions, a 20.0 Gy dose of gamma radiation was able to prevent larval eclosion, but a 200 Gy dose was necessary to prevent emergence after the exposure of third instar larvae. In Atlas squashes, 200 and 250 Gy doses of gamma radiation were able to prevent the emergence of A. grandis adults from eggs and larvae, respectively. The radiation doses estimated by Probit 9 to prevent emergence from squashes infested with eggs and third instar larvae were 257.13 Gy and 270.25 Gy respectively. The use of gamma radiation did not significantly affect the physicochemical properties of Atlas squashes, which suggested that gamma radiation may represent a potentially useful technique for the quarantine control of A. grandis in cucurbits.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%