- Title
- Development of a Postharvest Cold Treatment for Cryptophlebia peltastica (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) for Export of Litchis From South Africa
- Creator
- Moore, Sean D, Kirkman, Wayne, Peyper, Mellissa, Thackeray, Sean R, Marsberg, Tamryn, Albertyn, Sonnica, Hill, Martin P
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/423729
- Identifier
- vital:72089
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy287"
- Description
- The litchi moth, Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and certain Indian Ocean islands. It is an important pest of litchis and to a lesser extent macadamias. Litchis are exported to certain markets that consider C. peltastica as a phytosanitary pest. Consequently, an effective postharvest phytosanitary treatment is required. This study sought to develop a cold disinfestation treatment for this purpose. First, it was established that the fifth instar was the most cold-tolerant larval stage, as it was the only instar for which there was still some survival after 12 d at 1°C. It was then determined that cold treatment trials could be conducted in artificial diet, as there was no survival of fifth instar C. peltastica in litchis after only 9 d at 1°C, whereas it took 15 d at this temperature before no survival of fifth instar C. peltastica was recorded in artificial diet. Consequently, cold susceptibility of fifth instar C. peltastica and the most cold-tolerant larval stages (fourth and fifth instar) of false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), were compared in artificial diet. There was no survival of C. peltastica after 13 d at 1°C, whereas this was only so for T. leucotreta after 16 d. Consequently, it can be concluded that any cold treatment that has been proven effective against T. leucotreta would be as effective against C. peltastica. Finally, it was confirmed that the cold susceptibility of T. leucotreta in artificial diet did not overestimate the effect of cold on T. leucotreta larvae in litchis.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (7 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Oxford Academic Journals
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Economic Entomology,, Moore, S.D., Kirkman, W., Peyper, M., Thackeray, S.R., Marsberg, T., Albertyn, S. and Hill, M.P., 2018. Development of a Postharvest Cold Treatment for Cryptophlebia peltastica (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) for Export of Litchis From South Africa. Journal of economic entomology, 111(6), pp.2637-2643, Journal of Economic Entomology, volume 111 number 6 p. 2637 2018 1938-291X
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- Open Access
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