Heat treatment for mosaic virus

DAVID ROSS davidross350@btinternet.com
Thu, 09 May 2013 11:19:33 PDT
Has anyone ever experimented with microwaves as the heat would be in the centre - I don't think a domestic one would be controllable enough but anyone with a laboratory might be able to control the temp to only 46 degrees C.  I don't know what other effects this would have but might be worth a go.


 

David 


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 From: Steven <hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> 
Sent: Thursday, 9 May 2013, 13:43
Subject: Re: [pbs] Heat treatment for mosaic virus
 

Haha.... Tell the misses !!! 
I'm going to buy a bag of onions & a thermometer 

Steven :  )

On 09/05/2013, at 9:56 PM, Hans-Werner Hammen <haweha@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "to reach 46 C at the core the outer portion must be almost boiled" 
> This sounds interesting, says my wife! 
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>> From: ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com
>> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 00:22:05 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [pbs] Heat treatment for mosaic virus
>> 
>> Well, the standard procedure involves using hot water and the temperature to be reached to be effective is 46 C at the bulb core for one hour. It gave good results but the bulbs were pretty battered by the treatment and took long to recover. The reason is evident: to reach 46 C at the core the outer portion must be almost boiled.
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