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Temperature Treatments for
Postharvest Dried Fruits and Nuts
Temperature Treatments for
Postharvest Dried Fruits and Nuts
Judy Johnson USDA-ARS-
SJVASC Parlier, California
Judy Johnson USDA-ARS-
SJVASC Parlier, California
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Control of postharvest insects is critical to the large and diverse dried fruit and nut industry.
Control of postharvest insects is critical to the large and diverse dried fruit and nut industry.
Processors rely heavily on chemical fumigants for postharvest insect control.
Processors rely heavily on chemical fumigants for postharvest insect control.
Temperature treatments are potential alternatives.Temperature treatments are potential alternatives.
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Yard stacks of raisinsYard stacks of raisins
Covered almond pilesCovered almond piles
Several dried fruit and nut crops are produced in the Central Valley of California, storage methods vary widely, from outdoor storage…
On-farm fig storageOn-farm fig storage
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… to warehouse storage and large silos.
Dried fruit warehouseDried fruit warehouse
Almond silosAlmond silosWalnut silosWalnut silos
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Drying methods range from sun-drying to mechanical, forced hot air dehydrators…
Sun-drying natural raisinsSun-drying natural raisins
Walnut dehydratorWalnut dehydrator
…and cold storage is often used to preserve product quality.
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…regardless, tolerance for live insects at the consumer level is zero.
Direct field pestsDirect field pests
Stored product pestsStored product pests
Insects of concern are of two broad types…
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Indianmeal mothIndianmeal moth
Navel orangewormNavel orangeworm
The two major insect pests for these products…
Most of our research is directed at these two pests.
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Our major research effort…
Use of low temperatures
High temperature radio frequency treatments
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Low Temperature
Using temperatures of 0-10C
First object is to prevent infestation
For some life stages, long exposures are needed for disinfestation
Some commodities are routinely stored at low temperatures to maintain quality
Using temperatures of 0-10C
First object is to prevent infestation
For some life stages, long exposures are needed for disinfestation
Some commodities are routinely stored at low temperatures to maintain quality
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13 16 19 22 25 28 31
Temperature (°C)
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
10
De
velo
pmen
tal R
ate
(1
/da
ys)
Eggs
Pupae
Developmental thresholds for Indianmeal moth
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Raw, infested product
Disinfestation(Processing Step
or Treatment)
Clean product protected from reinfestation by cold
storage
Use of Cold Storage in Combination Treatments
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Cold storage protection against Indianmeal moth infestation in walnuts, almonds and raisins was tested.
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0
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400
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800
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Walnuts
Weeks
Mot
hs/w
eek
0
50
100
150
200
250
0 3 6 9 12 15 18
Almonds
Mot
hs/w
eek
Weeks
0
50
100
150
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Raisins
Weeks
Mot
hs/w
eek
Indianmeal moth trap results for combination treatments
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Raw product
Disinfestation
Potential for reinfestation…
Cold storage Clean product?
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Exposure (days)
Females Males
7 4.9 5.9
35 15.0 23.9
70 94.9 92.6
98 100.0 99.8
Adult Indianmeal moth mortality at 10C
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Female Condition Eggs/female % hatch
Untreated 369.8 85.3
Mated before exposure 152.8 0
Mated after exposure 140.4 5.3
Indianmeal moth fertility after 30 day exposure to 10C
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Target Insect 10C 5C 0C
Indianmeal moth 11.6 9.8 7.7
Navel orangeworm 9.1 7.1 2.8
LT95 (days) for insect eggs at low temperatures
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Exposure (days)
IMM NOW
Larvae Pupae Larvae Pupae
0 96.9 90.0 98.0 84.4
12 78.6 17.8 92.3 28.9
19 85.5 6.2 82.0 15.6
26 87.0 7.1 70.1 1.8
33 83.0 0.0 60.4 0.0
40 79.1 0.0 51.3 0.0
Larval and pupal survival at 10C
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Exposure (days)
IMM NOW
Larvae Pupae Larvae Pupae
0 88.7 89.6 92.0 90.6
5 72.7 61.6 28.0 79.8
10 28.0 32.0 1.3 58.7
15 16.0 17.2 0.7 26.7
20 13.3 1.4 0.0 0.0
25 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Larval and pupal survival at 5C
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Exposure (days)
IMM NOW
Larvae Pupae Larvae Pupae
0 90.7 91.5 94.0 90.7
4 42.2 45.3 1.3 44.0
6 9.3 22.8 0.0 16.0
8 2.7 20.0 0.0 8.0
10 2.7 5.3 0.0 2.7
12 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0
Larval and pupal survival at 0C
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Low temperature treatments against diapausing Indianmeal moth larvae require sub-freezing treatment temperatures.
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Exposure (hours)
Lab Wild-type
24 32.2 22.3
48 41.6 34.9
120 63.2 71.7
168 78.5 82.6
240 99.0 92.6
360 100.0 100.0
Mortality of diapausing IMM larvae at -10C
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Exposure (hours)
Lab Wild-type
6 47.5 50.6
24 99.5 94.9
36 99.2 97.0
48 100.0 97.5
60 100.0 99.6
72 100.0 100.0
Mortality of diapausing IMM larvae at -15C
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Exposure (hours)
Lab Wild-type
3 50.9 31.4
6 94.2 86.6
9 100.0 99.7
12 100.0 99.9
15 99.7 100.0
18 100.0 100.0
Mortality of diapausing IMM larvae at -20C
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High temperature radio frequency treatments
High temperature radio frequency treatments
Radio frequency heating provides very rapid heating throughout the product
Product quality is not effected when subjected to high temperatures for short periods
Treatment times as short as 10 minutes are possible
Radio frequency heating provides very rapid heating throughout the product
Product quality is not effected when subjected to high temperatures for short periods
Treatment times as short as 10 minutes are possible
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Thermal death points were first determined in heat block studies…
…treatments based on this work were tested in radio frequency ovens.
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StageTreatment
48°C / 20 min 50°C / 8 min 52°C / 0.5 min
Eggs 100.0 a 100.0 a 99.2 a
Early Larvae 96.2 ab 99.5 a 92.3 a
Late Larvae 24.7 c 74.9 b 27.5 b
Pupae 72.9 b 99.4 a 46.1 b
Adults 78.6 b 97.0 a 52.3 b
Relative heat tolerance of red flour beetle stages
Averages within columns followed by different numbers are significantly different (LSD means separation)
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42 44 46 48 50 52 54
Temperature (C)
Tim
e (m
in)
NOWIMMRFBLinear (RFB)Linear (NOW)Linear (IMM)
0.1
10
100
Comparison of TDT curves for target species
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Temp
(°C) RFB NOW IMM
48 64.5 40.9 7.6
50 7.9 13.5 2.2
52 1.5 4.3 0.9
48 75.4 46.8 8.8
50 9.5 15.3 2.5
52 1.7 5.0 1.0
LT95
LT99
Target Species
Comparison of lethal times (minutes) for target species
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Fifth instar navel orangeworm was used for tests in radio frequency ovens.
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Mortality of fifth-instar NOW in walnuts after radio frequency (27 MHz) treatment to 55°C
Treatments consisted of 60 test insects replicated 3 times
Treatments # Alive # Dead % Mortality
Control 180 0 0
RF+5min hot air 0 180 100
RF+10min hot air 0 180 100
RF/hot air+10min hot air 0 180 100
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Other results from radio frequency studies
Other results from radio frequency studies
Walnut quality is not harmed
May need higher temperatures to disinfest almonds
Addition of hot air becomes more critical with products like almonds
Walnut quality is not harmed
May need higher temperatures to disinfest almonds
Addition of hot air becomes more critical with products like almonds
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Questions?