Novel Use of Chlorine Dioxide Granules as an Alternative to Methyl Bromide Soil Fumigation

Author(s):  
Craig Ramsey ◽  
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Candace Mathiason
1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (45) ◽  
pp. 493 ◽  
Author(s):  
JW Meagher ◽  
PT Jenkins

In a field experiment with strawberries, pre-plant treatments with broad-spectrum fumigants methyl bromide-chloropicrin (450 kg/ha) or methyl isothiocyanate-dichloropropene (500 l/ha) (and 300 l/ha) controlled wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb and resulted in increased yields. Soil fumigation with the nematicide ethylene dibromidz (105 l/ha) also improved yields. It controlled the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood), delayed the onset of wilt symptoms and reduced the severity of disease. This indicated a nematode-fungus interaction and is the first report of a Meloidogyne-Verticillium interaction in strawberry.


1987 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 785 ◽  
Author(s):  
WM Blowes

Poor seedling emergence of 30 000 ha of winter crops occurred in Western Australia in 1984 after herbicides were used to kill weeds prior to sowing. In pot experiments to determine the possible cause(s), the emergence of barley seedlings was reduced by the presence of both herbicide treated and untreated ryegrass root residues in the soil. Fumigation of the soil with methy1 bromide or the application of a fungicide soil drench restored seedling emergence in the presence of ryegrass root residues, but benomyl drench was less effective than methyl bromide fumigant or furalaxyl soil drench. The effects of the residue, fumigant and furalaxyl were consistent in the 3 soils used but soif type affected the severity of the problem. In the presence of ryegrass root residues, Pythim species colonised the large roots and subsurface hypocotyl of barley seedlings. Metalaxyl seed dressing reduced the colonisation of barley seedlings by Pythim species and restored seedling emergence.


1993 ◽  
Vol 90 (18) ◽  
pp. 8420-8423 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Yagi ◽  
J. Williams ◽  
N. Y. Wang ◽  
R. J. Cicerone

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao MASUI ◽  
Akira NUKAYA ◽  
Takayasu OGURA ◽  
Akira ISHIDA

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 564f-564
Author(s):  
M. I. Ragab ◽  
Kh. A. Okasha

The objective of thus work was to study the effect of soil fumigation with methyl bromide and different mulching types on growth and productivity of the strawberry cultivar Chandler. The experiment Included 8 Treatments which were the combination of 2 soil fumigation treatments × 4 mulching polyethylene types A split plot design with four replicates was adopted Soil fumigation treatments (fumigated and non fumigated) were assigned as main plots, whereas the four mulching polyethylene treatment (control, black, white and transparent) were distributed as subplots. Results Indicated that in order to improve the vegetable growth and to increase the high yielding ability of strawberry cv. Chandler, it is recommended to fumigate soil with methyl bromide gas (50 gm/m2) and apply transparent polyethylene soil mulching Moreover, in strawberry fields where weeds show serious problem. it is better to use the black polyethylene in controlling weeds of both the fumigated and non fumigated soils.


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