Global report on validated alternatives to the use of methyl bromide for soil fumigation

FAO
PLANT
PRODUCTION
AND PROTECTION
PAPER

166

Edited by
R. Labrada
and
L. Fornasari

Contacts:

Mr. N. A. Van der Graaff
Chief, Plant Protection Service
Plant Production and Protection Division
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel. +39-0657053441
Fax. +39-0657056347
Internet: www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGPP/IPM/Weeds/Deafult.htm or
www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGPP/IPM/Web_Brom/Deafult.htm

Mr. Rajendra Shende, Chief, Energy and OzonAction Unit
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
OzonAction Programme
39-43, quai André Citroën
75739 Paris Cedex 15 France
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +33 1 44 37 14 50
Fax: +33 1 44 37 14 74
www.uneptie.org/ozonaction.html

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

List of Contributors

List of Acronyms

CHAPTER I: LATIN AMERICA

ALTERNATIVES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF METHYL BROMIDE IN ARGENTINA

L. A. Salles*, D. A. Sosa** and A. Valeiro**

EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO METHYL BROMIDE IN BRAZIL

L. A. Salles

CHAPTER II: NORTH AMERICA

FIELD VALIDATION OF METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES IN FLORIDA FRESH MARKET VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS