PMID- 27986936 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170823 LR - 20180228 IS - 1938-291X (Electronic) IS - 0022-0493 (Linking) VI - 109 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Dec TI - Quarantine Treatments of Imported Nursery Plants and Exported Cut Flowers by Phosphine Gas (PH3) as Methyl Bromide Alternative. PG - 2334-2340 AB - Quarantine treatments by phosphine (PH(3)) gas have been performed to replace methyl bromide (MeBr) for export cut flowers and imported nursery plant in Korea. In this preliminary study, two dominant insect pests of cut flowers, Tetranychus urticae Koch and Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande, and the dominant insect pest of nursery plants, Planococcus citri Risso, were used to certify optimum concentration and fumigation time, along with evaluation of phytotoxic damages. To validate the results of preliminary tests, quarantine treatments for export cut flowers was performed in a 58-m(3) reefer container. When 14 species of cut flowers were fumigated with 2 g m(-3) PH(3) for 24 h (Ct product was 30.9 g h m(-3)) at 5 degrees C, all pests were effectively controlled and no phytotoxic damage were observed on roses and chrysanthemums. On quarantine trials for imported nursery trees, which was performed at 10 m(3) scale covered with a PVC-tarpaulin tent, 2 g m(-3) of PH(3) for 24 h (Ct product was 30.0 g h m(-3)) at 15 degrees C was enough to kill all pests and no damage was observed on seven species of nursery plants. Phosphine gas shows the promise as MeBr alternative to perishable commodities in terms of efficacy to certain quarantine pest and maintenance of its quality as well as being a more environmentally safe fumigant. CI - (c) The Authors 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Su Kim, Bong AU - Su Kim B AD - Crop Protection R&D Center, FarmHannong Co. Ltd. Dongan-ro 11, Nonsan, Chungnam prov. 33010, South Korea (bongss@farmhannong.com). FAU - Park, Chung Gyoo AU - Park CG AD - Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Junju-daero 501, Gyeongnam 52828, South Korea (parkcg@gnu.ac.kr; byungholee@gnu.ac.kr). FAU - Mi Moon, Young AU - Mi Moon Y AD - Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk Prov., 39660, South Korea (youngmi@korea.kr; bksung@korea.kr). FAU - Sung, Bo Kyung AU - Sung BK AD - Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk Prov., 39660, South Korea (youngmi@korea.kr; bksung@korea.kr). FAU - Ren, Yonglin AU - Ren Y AD - School of Veterinary and Life Science, Murdoch University, 90 South St., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia (y.ren@murdoch.edu.au; s.wylie@murdoch.edu.au). FAU - Wylie, Stephen J AU - Wylie SJ AD - School of Veterinary and Life Science, Murdoch University, 90 South St., Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia (y.ren@murdoch.edu.au; s.wylie@murdoch.edu.au). FAU - Ho Lee, Byung AU - Ho Lee B AD - Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Junju-daero 501, Gyeongnam 52828, South Korea (parkcg@gnu.ac.kr; byungholee@gnu.ac.kr) byungholee@gnu.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160915 PL - England TA - J Econ Entomol JT - Journal of economic entomology JID - 2985127R RN - 0 (Acaricides) RN - 0 (Insecticides) RN - 0 (Phosphines) RN - FW6947296I (phosphine) SB - IM MH - *Acaricides MH - Commerce MH - *Fumigation MH - *Insect Control MH - *Insecticides MH - *Phosphines MH - *Plants MH - *Quarantine MH - Republic of Korea OTO - NOTNLM OT - export cut flower OT - import nursery plant OT - methyl bromide alternative OT - phosphine gas (PH3) EDAT- 2016/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/24 06:00 CRDT- 2016/12/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/12/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/24 06:00 [medline] AID - tow200 [pii] AID - 10.1093/jee/tow200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Econ Entomol. 2016 Dec;109(6):2334-2340. doi: 10.1093/jee/tow200. Epub 2016 Sep 15.