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CARBON DIOXIDE AS A FUMIGANT AGAINST THE SAN JOSE SCALE (HOMOPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) ON HARVESTED APPLES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. V. G. Morgan  and
A. P. Gaunce
C. V. G. Morgan
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
A. P. Gaunce
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
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Carbon dioxide shows some promise as a fumigant for control of stored product insects and some of its properties and uses have been summarized by Monro (1969). Recently, horticulturists have shown that firmness in apples and cherries is retained longer when they are treated with carbon dioxide before storage (S. W. Porritt, Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Summerland, B.C., pers. comm.). Since the gas has favorable properties for use as a fumigant and leaves no residue in food, we examined its potential for killing pests on harvested apples.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 9 , September 1975 , pp. 935 - 936
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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References

Monro, H. A. U. 1969. Manual fumigation for insect control. F.A.O., Rome.Google Scholar
Morgan, C. V. G. 1967. Fate of the San Jos scale and the European fruit scale (Homop.: Diasp.) on apples and prunes held in standard cold storage and controlled atmosphere storage. Can. Ent. 99: 650659.Google Scholar