A5038271914- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant and animal studies
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Plant Virus Research Studies
Leibniz University Hannover
2021-2024
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
2018-2023
Mango production and trade in sub-Saharan Africa is hampered by direct damage the high quarantine status of B. dorsalis paucity effective post-harvest phytosanitary treatments. The current study reports development a treatment protocol using hot water to disinfest assess its effect on cv. Tommy Atkins mango quality. We first determined eggs all larval stages used information establish time-mortality relationship immature after subjecting infested fruits regimen eight, time instances at 46.1...
There are various postharvest treatments currently available in the market. Among these, heat-based very effective. Several hot water treatment (HWT) protocols at temperature regimes and time durations have been developed for different mango cultivars varieties. However, many concerns raised regarding quality of fruits subjected to HWT, particularly on physical biochemical properties. The purpose this study was generate empirical evidence effect HWT protocol recognized accepted by EU Apple...
Abstract The scutum of oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), shows a high degree variability in its colouration, which goes from black to red‐brown. Such variation depicts different levels melanin production these individuals. In insects, melanization can have an effect on their fitness parameters, could consequently impact the insect's adaptive responses. Here, we asked whether progeny produced by B. individuals with colouration (melanic morphs) would...
The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, is a quarantine pest of French beans that requires phytosanitary treatment to meet requirements for strict lucrative markets. In this study, the efficacy hot water against F. occidentalis eggs and its effects on postharvest physicochemical quality parameters was evaluated.The immersion time 8.01 min (95% critical limits CL 7.77-8.24) predicted by probit model as minimum required achieve 99.9968% control level. Confirmatory tests with...
The Scutum of Bactrocera dorsalis individuals shows a high degree variability in their colouration, which goes from black to brown. Such variation depicts different level melanin production these individuals. Here we asked whether the progeny produced by four melanic morphs B. would present difference developmental time, weight, wing size and shapes. To address this, followed eggs gravid females each recording pupation emergence larval, pupal adult weights. Also using landmark-based...