Safeguarding grain with gas

Insect pests can quickly turn grain stocks into a pile of dust, and to prevent this happening methyl bromide has been used for many years to fumigate grain. Although this gas is an excellent fumigant, it is now known to be one of the causative...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1996
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47307
Description
Summary:Insect pests can quickly turn grain stocks into a pile of dust, and to prevent this happening methyl bromide has been used for many years to fumigate grain. Although this gas is an excellent fumigant, it is now known to be one of the causative...