Presentations of the First International Phytosanitary Irradiation Forum

The presentations of the First International Phytosanitary Irradiation Forum held in Bangkok on November 8-9, 2022 are available in PDF format for those who attended on the IMRP20 app https://iia.tech4pco.com/webapp . The participants must log in to access the files. A detailed report of the Forum...

Irradiation for Chilean grapes imported into the US

Currently, table grapes from Chile into the United States of America must be fumigated with methyl bromide to mitigate for the Chilean false red mite, Brevipalpus chilensis, and the European Grapevine Moth, Lobesia botrana.  APHIS is proposing that table grapes from areas in which the...

Thai pomelos

  In November 2021 USDA-APHIS authorized the importation of fresh pomelo from Thailand for the first time in 15 years with irradiation at a minimum dose of 400 Gy as a condition. Among the more than 30 Thai pomelo cultivars in Thailand, the green skin Thongdee with...