THERMAL TREATMENT WITH HOT AIR IN THE CONTROL OF FRUIT FLY IN SAPOTA
Titel:
THERMAL TREATMENT WITH HOT AIR IN THE CONTROL OF FRUIT FLY IN SAPOTA
Auteur:
Antônio Nustenil de Lima Jacinto de Luna Batista Nivânia Pereira da Costa José Lucínio de Oliveira Freire Carlos Henrique de Brito Aldeni Barbosa da Silva João Vilian de Moraes Lima Marinus Severino Pereira de Souza Júnior Ridelson Farias de Sousa
Verschenen in:
Engenharia ambiental
Paginering:
Jaargang 5 (2008) nr. 2 pagina's 63-73
Jaar:
2008
Inhoud:
One of the main postharvest problems of the sapota (Achras sapota L.) is caused by the fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), affecting its quality and commercialization. With this experiment, the objective was to evaluate the effect of hot air as thermal treatment in the control of immature phases of Ceratitis capitata and the fruit quality. The research was carried out at Entomology Laboratory – Centro de Ciências Agrárias, UFPB, Areia-PB. It was made the damaging of fruits with eggs inoculation of Ceratitis capitata and after three days the fruits were treated in hot air at temperatures of 46±1°C and 50±1°C, during 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 minutes. Hot air was injected in the chamber using an equipment of the Skill mark. It was used a randomized design, in factorial scheme of 2x5+1 (two temperatures, five times of exhibition and one control), with four replications. The treatment with hot air was efficient to control the immature phases of C. capitata during 75 and 90 minutes of exposure and didn't affect the physical and chemical qualities of the sapota fruits.
Uitgever:
Environmental Engineering Course / UNIPINHAL (provided by DOAJ)