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CONTROL OF THE SAN JOSE SCALE ON HARVESTED APPLES BY METHYL BROMIDE FUMIGATION AND COLD STORAGE1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. V. G. Morgan ,
A. P. Gaunce  and
B. J. Madsen
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
B. J. Madsen
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
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Abstract

The San Jose scale, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock), was killed on harvested apples by fumigation with 32 g/m3 of methyl bromide for 2 hours followed by standard cold storage for about a month. Fumigation, without storage, did not kill all the scale.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 4 , April 1975 , pp. 367 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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