Published September 1963
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Disinfestation of Dried Figs by Gamma Radiation
Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Democritus Nuclear Research Centre, Aghia Paraskevi, Attica (Greece)
Description
Research has been carried on for many years on the disinfestation of stored agricultural products. Recently gamma radiation has been successfully applied in such investigations. Dried figs are among the main export products of Greece. Serious damage is caused by insect attack each year. The research work aimed at: (1) Determining the doses of radiation required to destroy certain species of insects attacking dried figs at their various stages of development, or to destroy their eggs and thus prevent reproduction; and (2) Determining the physical and chemical changes of the texture of dried figs caused by radiation. Studies have been made on the following species: Plodia interpunctella, Ephestia cautella, Carpophilus hemipterous, Oryzaephilus surinamensis and Lasioderma serricorne. The optimum doses required are discussed. At these doses, irradiation damage does not become apparent in the texture of the figs. (author)
Abstract (French)
Des recherches sur la desinsectation des produits agricoles en magasin sont en cours depuis de nombreuses annees. On a recemment utilise avec succes les rayons gamma dans ces etudes. Les insectes font chaque annee de grands ravages dans les figues seches, qui sont l'un des principaux produits d'exportation de la Grece. L'objet des recherches etait le suivant: 1. Determiner les doses de rayonnements necessaires pour detruire certaines especes d'insectes qui, a differents stades de leur developpement, attaquent les figues, ou detruire leurs oeufs et les empecher ainsi de se reproduire; 2. Determiner les modifications physiques et chimiques que les rayonnements produisent dans la texture de la figue seche. Les travaux ont porte sur les especes suivantes: Plodia interpunctella, Ephestia cautella, Carpophilus hemipterous, Oryzaephilus surinamensis et Lasioderma serricorne. Le memoire etudie les dises optimum d'irradiation, qui ne provoquent aucun dommage visible dans la texture de la figue. (author)Abstract (Spanish)
Des hace muchos anos se estan efectuando investigaciones sobre la desinfestacion de los productos agricolas almacenados. En esas investigaciones se han utilizado recientemente con exito los rayos gamma. Los higos secos constituyen uno de los principales productos de exportacion de Grecia y los insectos ocasionan perdidas importantes. Las investigaciones tenian las siguientes finalidades: a) determinar las dosis de radiacion necesarias para destruir ciertas especies de insectos que atacan los higos en diversas fases de su desarrollo, o destruir sus huevos impidiendo asi que se reproduzcan; b) determinar las modificaciones fisicas y quimicas que las radiaciones producen en la contextura de los higos secos. Se han estudiado las especies siguientes: Plodia interpunctella, Ephestia cautella, Carpophilushemipterous, Oryzaephilus surinamensis y Lasioderma serricorne. En la memoria se estudian las dosis optimas de radiacion que no producen dafios aparentes en la contextura de los higos. (author)Abstract (Russian)
V techenie mnogikh let provodyatsya issledovaniya to voprosam dezinfestatsii sel'skokhozyajstvennykh produktov v khranilishchakh. Nedavno gamma-izluchechie bylo uspeshno primeneno pri provedenii takikh issledovanij. Sushenyj inzhir sostavlyaet odin iz osnovnykh produktov ehksporta Gretsii. Ezhegodno nasekomye nanosyat ser'eznyj ushcherb ehtomu produktu. Tsel' issledovaniya: 1) opredelenie doz izlucheniya, neobkhodimykh dlya unichtozheniya nekotorykh vidov nasekomykh, porazhayushchikh sushenyj inzhir, na razlichnykh stadiyakh ikh razvitiya, i dlya unichtozheniya ikh yaits i predotvrashcheniya takim obrazom ikh razmnozheniya; i 2) opredelenie fiziko-khimicheskikh izmenenij tekstury sushenogo inzhira pod dejstviem izlucheniya. Issledovaniya provodilis' so sleduyushchimi vidami: Plodia Interpunctella, Ephestia coutella, Carpophilus hemipterous, Gryzaephllus surinamensis i Lasioderma serricorne. Obsuzhdayutsya neobkhodimye optimal'nye dozy. Pri ehtikh dozakh ne nablyudaetsya vidimogo narusheniya tekstury inzhira pod dejstviem oblucheniya. (author)Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (English)
- Desinsectation des figues seches par les rayons gamma; Dezinfestatsiya sushenogo inzhira s pomoshch'yu gamma-izlucheniya'; Desinfestacion de higos secos mediante rayos gamma
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
- Imprint Title
- Radiation and Radioisotopes Applied to Insects of Agricultural Importance. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Use and Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation in the Control of Plant and Animal Insect Pests
- Imprint Pagination
- 526 p.
- Series
- Proceedings Series
- Journal Page Range
- p. 485-491
- ISSN
- 0074-1884
Conference
- Title
- Symposium on the Use and Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation in the Control of Plant and Animal Insect Pests
- Dates
- 22-26 Apr 1963
- Place
- Athens (Greece)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44058795
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- DISINFESTATION; EGGS; FIGS; GAMMA RADIATION; INSECTS; IRRADIATION; PEST ERADICATION; RADIATION DOSES
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CONTROL; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FOOD; FRUITS; INVERTEBRATES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PEST CONTROL; RADIATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 3 tabs., refs.
- Secondary number(s)
- STI/PUB--74