Alternatives to methyl bromide for control of quarantine pests: can composting of bark provide consistent lethal heat accumulation?

Hugh F. Evans; Nicholas J. Fielding

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Alternatives to methyl bromide for control of quarantine pests: can composting of bark provide consistent lethal heat accumulation?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Hugh F. Evans, Nicholas J. Fielding

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 20-22.

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Abstract

Under the Montreal protocol (1991), methyl bromide has been recognized as a significant ozone depleting compound and a program to phase out its use has been agreed.

Parent Publication

Economies of Scale and Forest Management in Mississippi

Citation

Evans, Hugh F.; Fielding, Nicholas J. 2003. Alternatives to methyl bromide for control of quarantine pests: can composting of bark provide consistent lethal heat accumulation?. In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 20-22.