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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

Table 52. Fumigant. Insecticides/Nematicides (2009) examples only<br />

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All chemical fumigants are extremely hazardous, <strong>and</strong> must only be supplied to <strong>and</strong> used by licensed<br />

persons.<br />

Most fumigants are used to control insect pests of stored grain, etc.<br />

Fumigants are also used in many other situations, including for quarantine requirements.<br />

Soil fumigation is mostly used to control soil-borne diseases <strong>and</strong> nematodes that buildup in soil where<br />

susceptible crops are grown continuously. Soil fumigants are applied before planting.<br />

– Soil temperature at time of application is important.<br />

– Fumigants may be applied as a liquid, granule, wettable powder or gas, but move through soil as a gas.<br />

– 'sealed in’ for a certain length of time for them to be effective (fumigation time).<br />

– Generally an aeration period is necessary between application <strong>and</strong> planting to allow the fumigant to<br />

escape from soil before planting. It may take 10-40 days for gases to disappear from soil.<br />

MAIN MODE OF<br />

ACTION GROUP<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

Primary Site of<br />

Action<br />

8<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

non-specific<br />

(multi-site)<br />

inhibitors<br />

INSECTICIDE<br />

24<br />

Mitochondrial<br />

complex IV<br />

electron<br />

transport<br />

inhibitors<br />

INSECTICIDE<br />

Other<br />

fumigants<br />

CHEMICAL<br />

SUBGROUP or<br />

Exemplifying<br />

Active<br />

constituent<br />

8A<br />

Alkyl halides<br />

BEING<br />

PHASED OUT<br />

Produces<br />

ozonedepleting<br />

gases<br />

8B<br />

Chloropicrin<br />

24A<br />

Phosphine-<br />

Bio-fumigant<br />

THE PRODUCT<br />

Trade name<br />

Active constituent<br />

AGRIGAS, METHYL<br />

BROMIDE<br />

methyl bromide<br />

often formulated with<br />

chloropicrin<br />

DANGEROUS POISON<br />

CHLOROFUME SOIL<br />

FUMIGANT<br />

chloropicrin (tear gas)<br />

often formulated with<br />

methyl bromide or 1,3-<br />

dichloropropene, below<br />

DANGEROUS POISON<br />

VARIOUS<br />

aluminium phosphide<br />

DANGEROUS POISON<br />

VARIOUS<br />

magnesium phosphide<br />

DANGEROUS POISON<br />

BASAMID GRANULAR<br />

SOIL FUMIGANT<br />

dazomet<br />

POISON<br />

METHAM SOIL<br />

FUMIGANT<br />

metham-sodium<br />

DANGEROUS POISON<br />

or POISON<br />

MILSPOT FUMIGANT<br />

ethylene dichloride +<br />

trichloroethylene<br />

POISON<br />

TELONE<br />

1,3-dichloropropene,<br />

may be formulated<br />

with chloropicrin<br />

DANGEROUS POISON<br />

ENVIROFUME SOIL<br />

FUMIGANT<br />

potassium monomethyl<br />

dithiocarbamate<br />

POISON<br />

FUMAFERT<br />

glucosinolates<br />

(mustard seed meal,<br />

Brassica juncea)<br />

+<br />

neem kernels<br />

(azadirachtin from<br />

Azadirachia indica)<br />

(page 60)<br />

Mode of action<br />

Fumigant<br />

Fumigant<br />

also used as a<br />

warning agent<br />

with other<br />

fumigants<br />

Pre-plant<br />

Fumigant<br />

Fumigant<br />

Fumigant<br />

Fumigant<br />

Fumigant<br />

Fumigant<br />

Fumigant<br />

SOME USES<br />

Read label, obtain advice from company<br />

CROPS, <strong>PLANT</strong>S,<br />

SITES TREATED<br />

Non-crop,<br />

buildings,<br />

equipment<br />

compost, turf,<br />

manure, cane<br />

products, straw,<br />

timber, plant beds,<br />

certain plant<br />

products dried fruit,<br />

stored grain<br />

Non-crop, tobacco,<br />

crop l<strong>and</strong>, pasture,<br />

soil treatments, soil<br />

heaps, rabbit<br />

burrows<br />

Non-crop,<br />

buildings, seed,<br />

stored grain<br />

Non-crop, stored<br />

grain, food<br />

commodities,<br />

stock feed<br />

Seedbeds,<br />

broadacre, bulk<br />

soil treatments<br />

Certain seedbeds,<br />

potting mixes,<br />

ornamentals, field<br />

<strong>and</strong> fibre crops,<br />

lawns, tobacco,<br />

Brassicas,<br />

Flour mill<br />

machinery, food<br />

processing plants<br />

Certain vegetable,<br />

field, fruit <strong>and</strong> nut<br />

crops, ginger,<br />

nursery crops<br />

Certain<br />

ornamental, food<br />

<strong>and</strong> fibre crops,<br />

tobacco<br />

Biofumigant Intensive<br />

glucosinolates<br />

decompose<br />

releasing volatile<br />

gases toxic to<br />

many organisms.<br />

Indian mustard as<br />

a rotation crop has<br />

a similar effect<br />

agriculture, turf,<br />

nursery <strong>and</strong><br />

covered crops,<br />

long-lasting<br />

DISEASES, PESTS, WEEDS<br />

CONTROLLED/SUPPRESSED<br />

Pre-plant soil fumigant<br />

bacteria, nematodes,<br />

insects, weed seeds, fungi<br />

(not Verticillium), rodents<br />

Commodity fumigant<br />

insects, mites, mills, ships,<br />

warehouses<br />

Plant quarantine<br />

various, postharvest,<br />

buildings, permits<br />

Pre-plant soil fumigant<br />

certain soil insect pests,<br />

nematodes, fungal <strong>and</strong><br />

bacterial diseases, weed<br />

seeds.<br />

Rabbits<br />

Commodity fumigant<br />

storage pests, rabbits<br />

Commodity fumigant<br />

storage pests<br />

Pre-plant soil fumigant<br />

nematodes, soil-borne<br />

insects, soil fungi <strong>and</strong><br />

germinating weed seeds<br />

Pre-plant soil fumigant<br />

certain soil-borne pests,<br />

symphalids, nematodes,<br />

fungi, germinating weed<br />

seeds<br />

Commodity fumigant<br />

flour beetles, moths, weevils<br />

Pre-plant soil fumigant<br />

plant parasitic nematodes<br />

Pre-plant soil fumigant<br />

soil-borne pests <strong>and</strong><br />

certain weeds, nematodes,<br />

symphalids <strong>and</strong> fungal<br />

diseases.<br />

Suppresses soilborne<br />

insects, diseases,<br />

nematodes<br />

does not control weeds<br />

Slow release fertiliser<br />

nitrogen, phosphorus,<br />

potassium <strong>and</strong> trace<br />

minerals<br />

Nematode diseases 267

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