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11 April 2023 Mortality of Lasioderma serricorne in a Continuously Heated Environment
Jianhua Lü, Wenjing Liu, Yafei Guo, Yuqi Zhang, Ahmed S. Hashem, Yong Huang
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Abstract

Heat treatment is a potential alternative to chemicals for controlling stored-product insect pests. During heat treatment, attaining uniform temperature across a facility is not possible because of differential heating rates. Effects of different heating rates of 0 (check), 0.5, 5, and 10°C per hour on life stages of Lasioderma serricorne were studied in a laboratory. Different heating rates killed significantly different numbers of L. serricorne life stages, with more killed with increasing exposure at 50°C. Compared to the check, significantly more L. serricorne larvae exposed to continuous heating of 28 to 50°C at 5 and 10°C per hour were killed after exposure at 50°C for 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes. However, L. serricorne larvae and eggs exposed to continuous heating of 28 to 50°C at 0.5more at different heating ra per hour significantly increased after exposure at 50°C for 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes. Maintaining temperature at ≥50°C for >90 minutes in a facility killed almost all life stages of L. serricorne. Pupae were least susceptible to heat.

Jianhua Lü, Wenjing Liu, Yafei Guo, Yuqi Zhang, Ahmed S. Hashem, and Yong Huang "Mortality of Lasioderma serricorne in a Continuously Heated Environment," Southwestern Entomologist 48(1), 145-152, (11 April 2023). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.048.0113
Published: 11 April 2023
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