Abstract:Stored product insect pests, mainly sap beetles and moths, attack dates during the storage period. Currently, after methyl bromide phases-out, phosphine fumigation, heat treatment, and modified atmosphere are used for date disinfestation. Each of these methods has advantages but also serious limitations. To improve phosphine fumigation for date disinfestation, FumBox® -a mobile fumigation container -was designed and tested in commercial conditions. The FumBox® , modified dry 40 ft. HC standard container (76.4 … Show more
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