Reaction Orders for Thermal Mortality of Third Instars of Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Modelling heat-disinfestation of dried fruits on “biological model” larvae Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller)

“…To demonstrate these experimental trends, the kinetics models most commonly used are order reactions n, with n ranging between 0 and 2 (Boina et al, 2008;Jang, 1986;Mahroof et al, 2003;Wright, Sinclair, & Annis, 2002). The most popular order appears to be ½ for many authors (Gazit, Rossler, Wang, Tang, & Lurie, 2004;Hallman, Wang, & Tang, 2005;Jang, 1986;. However, these orders of kinetic n do not allow representation of either the lag phase or the inflexion point of the sigmoid trend.…”

Reaction Orders for Thermal Mortality of Third Instars of Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

“…This reaction order results were different from 0.5th-order applicable for An. ludens (Hallman et al 2005), T. castaneum , and Cy. pomonella ) but in good agreement with the 0th-order model for adult S. oryzae (Yan et al 2014).…”

“…Experimental methods for characterizing the temperature-time effect on insect mortality include directly exposing insects in a water bath, heating insects in tubes which in turn are submerged in a water bath, or heating insects in fruits (Yokoyama et al 1991, Thomas and Mangan 1997, Hansen and Sharp 2000, Waddell et al 2000. To provide more accurate and uniform temperature control for experiments, a heating block system (HBS) has been developed to study the thermal death kinetics of several important insect pests (Wang et al 2002a,b;Johnson et al 2003Johnson et al , 2004Gazit et al 2004;Hallman et al 2005). The HBS results have been confirmed with RF heat treatments for walnuts infested with fifth-instar codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Wang et al 2001a) and A. transitella (Wang et al 2002c, and hot water treatments for cherries infested with third-instar codling moth Hansen et al 2004).…”

“…Although only 0th order kinetic model is reported for adult rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (Yan et al 2014), the 0.5th order kinetic model has been mostly applied to thermal response of many insects, such as Cy. pomonella (Wang et al 2002a), Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Johnson et al 2003), A. transitella (Wang et al 2002b), Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Gazit et al 2004, Armstrong et al 2009), red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum , and Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Hallman et al 2005). To develop effective heat treatments on disinfesting walnuts, it is essential to determine the thermal death kinetic models for the C. cephalonica based on the HBS data.…”

An Improved Quarantine Method for Mangoes Against the Mexican Fruit Fly Based on High-Pressure Processing Combined with Heat

“…Mexican fruit fly is a quarantine pest of several fruits including citrus, avocadoes, and mangoes, from extreme southern Texas to Costa Rica (Hallman et al, 2005). The objective of this study was to determine the effects of HPP at 508C and the time on the ability of the Mexican fruit fly eggs to hatch and develop into larvae and pupae, with the expectation of reducing the stress on the fruit using pressure levels below damage levels allowing to develop a nonchemical quarantine alternative.…”