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Research Project: Methyl Bromide Replacement: Post-harvest Treatment of Perishable Commodities

Location: Crop Improvement and Protection Research

Title: Nitric oxide fumigation for control of navel orangeworm in walnut

Author
item YANG, XIANGBING - University Of California
item Liu, Yong Biao
item SIMMONS, GREGORY - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
item Light, Douglas
item Haff, Ronald - Ron

Submitted to: Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Research Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/13/2019
Publication Date: 11/3/2019
Citation: Yang, X., Liu, Y.-B., Simmons, G., Light, D.M., Haff, R.P. 2019. Nitric oxide fumigation for control of navel orangeworm in walnut. Proceedings of MBAO: Fumigation and Alternatives for Production, Storage and Trade Conference, 61-1, November 11-13, 2019, San Diego, California.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The navel orange worm, Amyelois transitella (Walker), is a major pest of harvested nuts including walnut, almonds, and pistachios. Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent fumigant with strong efficacy against a wide range of insect pests, including both external and internal feeders. Due to the oxidation of NO, NO fumigation has to be conducted under the ultralow oxygen (ULO) conditions and has to be flushed with inert gas, such as nitrogen gas, at the end of fumigation. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of NO fumigation against A. transitella at different life stages at 25°C under ULO conditions (