Background: The present review article provides an overview of the published literature
concerning microbial quality of medicinal plants and products and their decontamination …

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is widely used for the inundative release of sterile mass-
reared males to control lepidopteran pests. SIT based on X-ray irradiation is an eco-friendly …

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is widely used to control Lepidopteran pests by inducing
inherited sterility. The noctuid moth Xestia c-nigrum is a polyphagous pest whose …

Spodoptera litura is an omnivorous pest that has spread globally. Because irradiation
sterilization technology has a great potential for control of S. litura, the effect of 25–150 Gy …

Purpose: Gamma radiation on Helicoverpa armigera Hübner was performed to assess
developmental inhibition and to identify a potential quarantine treatment dose of the …

Purpose: Different doses of X-ray radiation were tested to assess the developmental
inhibition effects on different stages of Drosophila suzukii, spotted wing drosophila (SWD) …

Roses and chrysanthemums are the most exported cut flowers in Korea. We investigated the
effects of X-ray irradiation on the disinfestation of six floriculture insect pests (Tetranychus …

The potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), is a destructive pest of
Solanaceous crops. This study investigated the effects of X-ray irradiation on development …

Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) has emerged as a major invasive insect pest of small berry
fruits in the Americas and Europe since the late 2000s. Thus, phytosanitary treatment of …

Simple Summary A lab-selected strain of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae
Koch, exhibited strong resistance to acequinocyl, bifenazate, and etoxazole in comparison …