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Insects, 2023 Invasive snails and flies are major pests of imported orchids, controlled by methyl bromide (MB) fumigation in Korea. We compared the efficacy and phytotoxicity of ethyl formate (EF) and MB on four species of imported orchids using juvenile stages of ...
Tae-Hyung Kwon +4 more
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Alternative Methylated Biosignatures. I. Methyl Bromide, a Capstone Biosignature
The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 The first potential exoplanetary biosignature detections are likely to be ambiguous due to the potential for false positives: abiotic planetary processes that produce observables similar to those anticipated from a global biosphere.
Michaela Leung +3 more
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Preplant 1,3-D treatments test well for perennial crop nurseries, but challenges remain
California Agriculture, 2013 Preplant fumigation with methyl bromide commonly is used in open-field perennial crop nurseries in California for control of plant-parasitic nematodes, pathogens and weeds.
B Hanson +10 more
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Forest nurseries face critical choices with the loss of methyl bromide fumigation
California Agriculture, 2013 Forest nurseries in the western United States have relied for decades on methyl bromide to control soilborne pests. Numerous studies have investigated alternative fumigants, alternative application methods and nonfumigant approaches for their ability to ...
J Weiland, W Littke, D Haase
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Strawberry growers wavered over methyl iodide, feared public backlash
California Agriculture, 2016 Methyl iodide, once promoted as a suitable alternative to methyl bromide for soil fumigation in strawberry systems, was withdrawn from the market in 2012 after a contentious regulatory battle that revolved around its high toxicity.
J Guthman
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Proper Application of the 3-Way Fumigant System for the Post-Methyl-Bromide Era
EDIS, 2010 HS1174, a 2-page fact sheet by Andrew W. MacRae, describes the 3-Way system — using a combination of three fumigants to achieve control of nematodes, diseases, and weeds — as a methyl-bromide alternative for the control of soilborne pests, and discusses ...
Andrew W. MacRae
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Methyl bromide alternatives evaluated for California strawberry nurseries
California Agriculture, 2008 The recent phase-out of the soil fumigant methyl bromide (MB) due to its impact on stratospheric ozone presents a huge challenge to strawberry nursery producers. We evaluated the effectiveness of alternative fumigants on soil pests and plant productivity,
S Fennimore +8 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Exotic ants and termites, including Solenopsis invicta, are frequent hitchhikers intercepted from miscellaneous nonfood commodities. In particular, S.
Dongbin Kim +5 more
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Managing the almond and stone fruit replant disease complex with less soil fumigant
California Agriculture, 2013 As much as one-third of California's almond and stone fruit acreage is infested with potentially debilitating plant parasitic nematodes, and even more of the land is impacted by Prunus replant disease (PRD), a poorly understood soilborne disease complex ...
G Browne +15 more
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Insects, 2023 Sweet persimmons are a valuable export commodity. However, the presence of live insects such as Asiacornococcus kaki limits their access to many export markets.
Tae-Hyung Kwon +7 more
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