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Effects of Gamma Irradiation and Methyl Bromide Fumigation on Quarantine Pest and Physical Quality of Apples  

Kang, Ho-Jin (Department of Food Science and Technology and Food & Bio-industry Research Institute, Kyungpook National University)
Kwon, Yong-Jung (Department of Agricultural Biology, Kyungpook National University)
Byun, Myung-Woo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Hyun-Ku (Korea Food Research Institute)
Chung, Hun-Sik (Department of Food Science and Technology and Food & Bio-industry Research Institute, Kyungpook National University)
Choi, Jong-Uook (Department of Food Science and Technology and Food & Bio-industry Research Institute, Kyungpook National University)
Kwon, Joong-Ho (Department of Food Science and Technology and Food & Bio-industry Research Institute, Kyungpook National University)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.35, no.5, 2003 , pp. 783-790 More about this Journal
Abstract
Tetranychus urticae Koch and Panonychus ulmi Koch were identified as quarantine pests in apple samples and were controlled soon after the commercial treatment of methyl bromide (MeBr) and with irradiation doses $(0.5{\sim}3kGy)$ after irradiation. The physical qualities of apples, such as rotting, withering, weight changes, hardness, and color, were apparently affected by MeBr. Furthermore, more than 2 kGy irradiation resulted from the lapse of storage time. Associated with the physical qualities of stored apples, irradiation and fumigation for quarantine purposes were more adequate after 40 days of storage at $0{\pm}1^{\circ}C\;(85{\pm}2%\;RH)$ immediately following harvest, rather than soon after harvest. Less than 1 kGy irradiation, based on its accumulated control effect on pests, can potentially be applied as a quarantine procedure without causing significant changes in the physical qualities of fresh apples, in contrast to MeBr.
Keywords
apples; methyl bromide; irradiation; quarantine; physical quality;
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