This consisted of six treatments (five fruit each),
and determined if the heat shocked (conditioned)
‘Sharwil’ avocados prior to cold treatment affected
the survival or mortality of Mediterranean
fruit fly eggs. Treatments included heat shock
(HS) only, HS+6 days cold treatment (d CT),
HS+7 days CT, HS+8 days CT, HS+9 days
CT, and HS+12–16 days CT (exposure period
varied from 12–16 days, depending on quarantine
treatment temperature).