Session: Alternatives to the Use of Methyl Bromide in Pre-Plant Soil Fumigation and Stored Commodities


AGRO		Sunday, 10 September 2006

8:00 AM-11:35 AM San Francisco Marriott -- Salon 2, Oral
Alternatives to the Use of Methyl Bromide in Pre-Plant Soil Fumigation and Stored Commodities
Overview, Economics, Trends and Chemical Alternatives
Organizer:	Rodney M. Bennett
Organizer, Presiding:	Luis Ruzo
8:00 AM		Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM	9	Overview of agricultural fumigation: Past, present, and future Scott R. Yates
8:35 AM	10	Economic feasibility of methyl bromide alternatives James Donald Schaub
8:55 AM	11	Ten years of field development of alternative soil fumigants: Lessons learned Frank V. Sances
9:15 AM	12	Fumigant use trends in California: Response to the MeBr phaseout Thomas J. Trout
9:35 AM	13	Complexities of the registration process for the six main agricultural fumigants with particular reference to metam sodium and MITC Ian S. Chart
9:55 AM		Intermission
10:10 AM	14	Dimethyldisulfide: A new soil fumigant Rodney M. Bennett, Richard S. Freedlander, Paul Reibach
10:30 AM	15	Sodium azide-based pesticides Douglas J. Richards
10:50 AM	16	Blockers of anion transporters as nematicidal alternatives to methyl bromide Jeffrey R. Bloomquist, Dhana Raj Boina
11:10 AM	17	Implementation of transitional strategies to replace methyl bromide in Florida Joseph W. Noling
11:30 AM		Concluding Remarks

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