Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation of wood packing material against Anoplophora glabripennis
Sulfuryl fluoride is a candidate fumigant to replace methyl bromide. From 2001 to 2003, experiments were conducted by the USDA and Chinese quarantine authorities to test the efficacy of sulfuryl fluoride fumigations of wood packing material against Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae – EPPO A1 list). Lots (12 pieces) of Populus sawn wood (10 x 10 x 115 cm) of high moisture content (up to 44%), naturally infested with A. glabripennis were fumigated at a range of doses (20-116 g/m3) and temperatures (4.4, 10, 15.6, 21.1°C) for 24 h. Data was subjected to probit analysis. It was found that sulfuryl fluoride fumigation at a dose of 104 g/m3 and temperature of 15.6°C and above (achieving a CT product of 1,095 g-h/m3) could be recommended as a quarantine treatment of wood packing material against A. glabripennis. The following treatment schedule was proposed:
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Temp
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Dose
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Minimum concentration (g/m3) at hour
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0.5
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2
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4
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12
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24
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>16
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104
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115
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90
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73
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34
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14
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Sources
Barak AV, Wang Y, Zhan G, Wu Y, Xu L, Huang Q (2006) Sulfuryl fluoride as a quarantine treatment for Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in regulated wood packing material. Journal of Economic Entomology 99(5), 1628-1635.