TY - JOUR AU - Yoshikawa, Frank T. AU - Mitchell, F. Gordon AU - Mayer, Gene TI - To control postharvest decay and insects, moist heat treatments of strawberries are studied JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1992/03/01 VL - 46 IS - 2 SP - 26 EP - 28 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v046n02p26 AB - Experiments with moist heat treatments of 'Chandler' strawberries at temperatures ranging from 99° to 115° F for durations of 20 to 100 minutes showed that fruit heated up to 104° F for 30 minutes were still judged marginally marketable. Although some decay can apparently be controlled with heat, it is doubtful that fruit can tolerate the amount of heat required for insect quarantines.