Takano, T., Tsuchiya, Y., Sakaguchi, T., & Masaki, S. 2004 Irradiation effects on insect pests of cut flowers.. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service Japan No. 40: 25-32.

Notes: The two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), which was more tolerant of irradiation than the other tested species of cut flower pests, such as the American serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii), the Comstock mealybug (Pseudococcus comstocki), the melon thrips (Thrips palmi), the onion thrips (Thrips tabaci), the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) and the common cutworm (Spodoptera litura), was submitted to gamma ray irradiation at a dose of 400 Gy, at a commercial irradiation facility, under actual plant quarantine conditions, with Alstroemeria sp., stock (Matthiola incana) and carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) as typical imported cut flowers. As a result of the irradiation, approximately 17000 eggs and 1400 female adults were completely sterilized. Injury to the flowers was controlled to some degrees, but some injury was observed depending on flower cultivars.