Authors: Yu, Daojian; Barak, Alan V.; Jiao, Yi; Chen, Zhinan; Zhang, Guiming; Chen, Zhilin; Kang, Lin; Yang, Weidong

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 103, Number 2, April 2010 , pp. 277-283(7)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

Abstract:

Bamboo (genera Bambusa and Phyllstachys) is one of the fastest growing and economically important plants in the world, and it is cultivated widely throughout southern China. China annually exports to the United States significant quantities of bamboo garden stakes (Bambusa spp.). In recent years, Plant Protection and Quarantine officers of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have made numerous interceptions of the bamboo borer, Chlorophorus annularis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), in bamboo products from China. This species is considered to have high pest risk potential in the trade of bamboo products. As a fumigant, sulfuryl fluoride (SF) would be a practical alternative to methyl bromide (MeBr) fumigation. Here, we report the results of SF fumigation tests for C. annularis in bamboo poles at three doses-96 g/m³ at 15.9°C, 80 g/m³ at 21.5°C, and 64 g/m³ at 26.0°C-in glass test chambers. Commercial standard fumigations were also conducted in a standard 6.1-m-long, 33.2-m³ (standard height, 20-feet) marine general cargo container loaded to 80% (vol:vol) with similar bamboo poles, and sufficient levels of SF were obtained during the 24-h fumigations. During the course of these tests, 2,424 larvae, 90 pupae, and 23 adults in total were killed, with no survivors. A treatment schedule using SF is proposed for bamboo as an alternative to MeBr at several temperatures tested.

Keywords: Chlorophorus annularis; alternative fumigation; sulfuryl fluoride; Bambusa

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EC09292

Publication date: 2010-04-01

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