The Salinas Californian Alejo is hearing testimony in Sacramento from strawberry growers, scientists, workers and environmental groups on safer and economically feasible alternatives to methyl bromide . Nonpartisan education groups just voted Alejo “Legislator of the Year ...
FreshPlaza Chair of the Australian Ginger Growers Association, Anthony Rehbein, wants ginger to be fumigated with methyl bromide before it leaves Fiji, and seeds to be dipped in hot water. But he says under current proposals, Fiji will only have to do one or the ... and more »
Calhountimes •The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has endorsed the use of SF as a replacement for methyl bromide (MB) since the Montreal Protocol determination that MB is an ozone depleting chemical. MB is being phased out globally. In 2002 EPA presented ...
FreshPlaza Mr Churchill said irradiation was a safe method which avoided the need to fumigate with methyl bromide - a process that took a week to complete and damaged the ozone layer. He said the tomatoes were given "a quick zap" of radiation which killed the ...
Southeast Farm Press Stanley Culpepper and his team are researching four systems to replace methyl bromide on farms that use plasticulture — a planting technique used ...
TheGrower In fact, they've recommended that Stanley Culpepper, a University of Georgia weed scientist based in Tifton, not pursue a critical use exemption for methyl bromide in 2014 because of its high cost and the availability of alternatives, according to a ...
