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Response of adult New Zealand flower thrips, Thrips obscuratus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) to high carbon dioxide and low oxygen atmospheres at various temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Alan Carpenter ,
Sandy Wright  and
Phillip Lash
Alan Carpenter*
Affiliation:
New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research, Levin, New Zealand
Sandy Wright
Affiliation:
New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research, Levin, New Zealand
Phillip Lash
Affiliation:
New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research, Levin, New Zealand
*
Dr A. Carpenter, New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research, Levin Research Centre, Private Bag 4005, Levin, New Zealand.
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Abstract

Mortality responses of adult New Zealand flower thrips, Thrips obscuratus (Crawford) to controlled atmospheres were assessed. Temperature (0–48°C) and time (1–24 h) had major effects on mortality. There were approximately two-fold increases in thrips mortality between atmospheres with 40 and 60% CO2, when there was 0 or 2% O2 present in treatments of 0°C for 4 h and 24 h; 12°C for all exposure times; 24°C for 1 h. Thrips mortality was significantly greater when there was no O2 in the test atmosphere, than when there was 0.25, 8 or 12 or 20% O2. The results show that there are a variety of ways produce infested with New Zealand flower thrips could be treated with controlled atmospheres to achieve high mortality. These data can be used as the basis of potential quarantine treatments depending on the produce being exported.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , June 1996 , pp. 217 - 221
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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