The thermal death kinetics of the Black timber bark beetle, Xylosandrus germanus, was investigated to develop a heat treatment for control of infested wood packing materials used to export goods. To determine the feasibility of microwave irradiation as an alternative control method, laboratory experiments irradiating wooden blocks of Douglas fir (200×200×250mm), which were artificially infested with adults, with 2.45 GHz of microwave energy. All (100%) Ambrosia beetle adults were killed by both hot water treatments and microwave irradiation at 52˚C and 58˚C, respectively. Probit analyses estimated the internal wood temperature required to produce Probit (0.99) efficacy to be 64.7˚C (95% CI 62.4-69.9˚C) at one minute after microwave treatment.

 Abstract  Introduction  Materials and Methods   Hot water treatment   Microwave irradiation  Results and Discussion   Hot water treatment   Microwave irradiation  Acknowledgments  References

• Suh, Sang Jae(School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University)