Alternatives to Hot Water Treatment (Literature Review)

Conducted By: Dr. Elizabeth Mitcham

Timeline: 9/20/2007 – 3/31/2009

Objectives:

• Determine challenges and issues with the current hot water treatment
• Determine the actionable quarantined insect pests in each growing region
• Determine the advantages and disadvantages of the current USDA approved quarantine treatments for mango fruit
• Determine the potential to develop a non-treatment approach for quarantine security
• Determine the potentially feasible experimental treatment alternatives and their advantages and disadvantages
• Direct future research needs for quarantine security of mango fruit destined for U.S. markets

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