Research Brief #15 4) This research found that growers were relatively mixed in their evaluations of the necessity of fumigants to the viability of their operations and to the viability of the strawberry industry as a whole. Some growers said that they would be unable to stay in business if fumigants were phased out, while others were nonplussed by the prospect of an eventual phase-out, arguing...

ABSTRACT Strawberry fields in California (9,500 ha annually) are pre-plant fumigated with methyl bromide and chloropicrin to prevent serious soil pest and disease problems. Although soil fumigation with methyl bromide has ensured stability of strawberry production, its use is being discontinued because of its effect on stratospheric ozone. The likely short-term alternatives such as 1,3-dichloro...

A 48 year old male acutely develops symptoms of chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, and nausea with an episode of vomiting. The symptoms develop acutely at the workplace, where he is employed as a production worker at an aluminum phosphide manufacturing facility. He is brought to the company physician and is noted to be alert and responsive with a normal respiratory rate, but appearing ...

Plastic tarps are often used in soil fumigation to contain chemicals in the soil to increase efficacy and decrease emissions of fumigant vapors. This research has shown that plastic films have a significant capacity to sorb fumigant vapors and that the sorption is largely reversible. We tested three agricultural films (polyethylene and two highbarrier films) with four soil fumigants (methyl bro...

Efficacy of the fumigants ethylene dibromide (EDB), EDB + chloropicrin, and 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) applied with one or three chisels per row, singly or in combination with aldicarb, was evaluated in 1982 and 1983 on potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivars Atlantic and Sebago for control of several nematodes, including Belonolaimus longicaudatus, Meloidogyne incognita, and trichodorids. Genera...