The constantAis smaller for adults than eggs, which
indicates that eggs are more susceptible to temperature
than adults. The mvalue for eggs is larger than that for
adults, reflected by the steeper lethal curve inFig. 4. The m
value is higher than the values obtained from LIMO, which
were 4.5 and 4 for adults and eggs, respectively (Zhao et al.,
2004). The Avalues from LIMO were 0.0857 and 0.1586
for adults and eggs, respectively, andT0was 431C for both
adults and eggs (Zhao et al., 2004). This suggests that the
effect of temperature on pest mortality is greater and the
pest is more susceptible to microwaves from an industrial
continuous microwave oven. This may be due to a more
symmetrical spread and stronger radiation intensity of
microwaves within an industrial continuous microwave
oven