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Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Ethyl formate (EF) can be a potential alternative to methyl bromide for the disinfestation of the greenhouse whitefly, a quarantine pest that affects the exportation of Oriental melon. The study found that 8 g/m(3) EF for 2 h at 5 °C could be used as a new phytosanitary treatment for...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kyeongnam, Kim, Dongbin, Kwon, Tae Hyung, Lee, Byung-Ho, Lee, Sung-Eun
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37233070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14050442
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author Kim, Kyeongnam
Kim, Dongbin
Kwon, Tae Hyung
Lee, Byung-Ho
Lee, Sung-Eun
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: Ethyl formate (EF) can be a potential alternative to methyl bromide for the disinfestation of the greenhouse whitefly, a quarantine pest that affects the exportation of Oriental melon. The study found that 8 g/m(3) EF for 2 h at 5 °C could be used as a new phytosanitary treatment for melons (C. melo) for export with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) to disinfest the greenhouse whitefly. ABSTRACT: Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), commonly known as greenhouse whitefly, is one of the main insect pests of Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var L.) in South Korea. T. vaporariorum is of concern as a quarantine pest for the exportation of C. melo in Southeast Asian countries. Due to future restrictions on the use of methyl bromide (MB) during quarantine, ethyl formate (EF) represents a potential alternative. In this study, we evaluated EF for its efficacy (probit-9 values) in enabling the export of Oriental melons. The probit-9 value of EF for controlling T. vaporariorum was 3.02 g·h/m(3) after 2 h of fumigation. We also assessed the phytotoxicity of EF on melons when using modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) under low-temperature conditions, which is required for export and trade, to extend shelf-life. In scaled-up trials, we found 8 g/m(3) EF for 2 h at 5 °C to be suitable as a new phytosanitary treatment against greenhouse whitefly for exported Oriental melons when using MAP. No phytotoxic damage was found 28 d after fumigation at 5 °C in terms of five quality parameters (firmness, sugar content, mass loss, color change, and external damage).
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spelling pubmed-102310582023-06-01 Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Kim, Kyeongnam Kim, Dongbin Kwon, Tae Hyung Lee, Byung-Ho Lee, Sung-Eun Insects Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Ethyl formate (EF) can be a potential alternative to methyl bromide for the disinfestation of the greenhouse whitefly, a quarantine pest that affects the exportation of Oriental melon. The study found that 8 g/m(3) EF for 2 h at 5 °C could be used as a new phytosanitary treatment for melons (C. melo) for export with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) to disinfest the greenhouse whitefly. ABSTRACT: Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), commonly known as greenhouse whitefly, is one of the main insect pests of Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var L.) in South Korea. T. vaporariorum is of concern as a quarantine pest for the exportation of C. melo in Southeast Asian countries. Due to future restrictions on the use of methyl bromide (MB) during quarantine, ethyl formate (EF) represents a potential alternative. In this study, we evaluated EF for its efficacy (probit-9 values) in enabling the export of Oriental melons. The probit-9 value of EF for controlling T. vaporariorum was 3.02 g·h/m(3) after 2 h of fumigation. We also assessed the phytotoxicity of EF on melons when using modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) under low-temperature conditions, which is required for export and trade, to extend shelf-life. In scaled-up trials, we found 8 g/m(3) EF for 2 h at 5 °C to be suitable as a new phytosanitary treatment against greenhouse whitefly for exported Oriental melons when using MAP. No phytotoxic damage was found 28 d after fumigation at 5 °C in terms of five quality parameters (firmness, sugar content, mass loss, color change, and external damage). MDPI 2023-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10231058/ /pubmed/37233070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14050442 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
title Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
title_full Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
title_fullStr Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
title_full_unstemmed Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
title_short Effective Phytosanitary Treatment for Export of Oriental Melons (Cucumis melo var L.) Using Ethyl Formate and Modified Atmosphere Packaging to Control Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
title_sort effective phytosanitary treatment for export of oriental melons (cucumis melo var l.) using ethyl formate and modified atmosphere packaging to control trialeurodes vaporariorum (hemiptera: aleyrodidae)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37233070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14050442
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