Abstract
ABSTRACT FRACTIONAL-MINUTE exposures of pecan weevil larvae, both in in-shell pecans and in broken pecan pieces, to 40-MHz dielectric heating treatments killed all of the insects. Similar treatments of another lot of in-shell pecans substantially reduced the viability of the pecans tested for germination. Exposures that raised pecan-kernel temperatures momentarily to about 80 C were required for complete control of the larvae in in-shell pecans of 6.1-percent moisture content. Similar treatments achieved complete mortality of the insects in pecan pieces of 2.6-percent moisture content when heated only to 53 C by 15-s exposures.
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