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L. serricorne or E. elutella infesting tobacco are killed by temperature treatments (Chapter 5) or fumigation. Fumigants are gases which penetrate the tobacco mass and, when used correctly, kill 100% of all life-stages of the insects within. Only two true fumigants are used: phosphine, and to a lesser and declining extent, methyl bromide,82 although, other fumigants have been used.83 Fumigation by controlling the basic atmospheric components is used on a small scale. Therefore, we will deal with phosphine in detail and then show how it differs from the other fumigants.
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Ryan, L. (1999). Fumigation. In: Ryan, L. (eds) Post-harvest Tobacco Infestation Control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2723-5_8
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