福建省以建宁县为代表的闽北山区所产的通心白莲,俗称建莲,是莲子中优良品种.畅销国内外.但莲子在贮运过程中常受虫害,其中以蛀食性仓虫谷蠹和玉米象危害最为严重.这些害虫蛀入莲子内部,给采用化学熏蒸法杀虫带来困难.为此,我们从1985年开始开展了用钴60γ射线辐照保藏莲子的研究,取得良好效果. Fujian province Jianning County, represented by the mountains of northern Fujian produced by the heart of white lotus, commonly known as Jianlian, lotus seeds are good varieties. Popular at home and abroad.But lotus seeds in the storage and transportation process are often pests, And corn as the most serious damage.These pests erode the lotus seeds inside, to the use of chemical fumigation method insecticide difficult.To this end, we started from 1985 to carry out cobalt 60γ ray irradiation lotus preservation research, and achieved good results.