Heat treatment for mosaic virus
DAVID ROSS (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!
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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