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. 2020 Jul 3;9(7):878. doi: 10.3390/foods9070878

Table 13.

Sterilization doses (kGy) for various pests.

Insects Species Sterilization Dose for Insects References
Male (kGy) Female (kGy)
Attagenus unicolor (Brahm) 0.175 0.175
Callosobruchus maculatus 0.07 0.07
Lasioderma serricorne 0.25 0.175
Latheticus oryzae 0.2 0.1
Sitophilus granarius 0.1 0.1
Sitrotoga cereallela 0.45 0.45
Tenebrio molitor 0.15 0.05
Tribolium castaneum 0.2 0.2
Trogoderma glabrum 0.25 0.132

Adapted from Demonts et al. [49] and Hallman [91].