Disinfection possibility of garlic clove (Allium sativum L.) by hot water against dry bulb mite, Aceria tulipae

One of the stored and farm pest of garlic is, Aceria tulipae (Keifer), 1938. This mite causes brown spots on garlic clove tissue which leading to hollow them. In 2008-2009 an experiment designed to investigate the possibility of using the hot water for garlic cloves disinfection in North Khorasan Province. Based on these results, most effect was obtained at the temperature 45, 40, 35 and 30 ° C and at 20, 15, 10 and 5 minutes respectively. However, based on energy saving, time and less risk of damage to the seed embryos s, warm water of 35 °C for 20 minutes or warm water of 40 °C for 15 minutes are recommended.