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1 April 2010 Sulfuryl Fluoride as a Quarantine Treatment for Chlorophorus annularis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Chinese Bamboo Poles
Daojian Yu, Alan V. Barak, Yi Jiao, Zhinan Chen, Guiming Zhang, Zhilin Chen, Lin Kang, Weidong Yang
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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.

© 2010 Entomological Society of America
Daojian Yu, Alan V. Barak, Yi Jiao, Zhinan Chen, Guiming Zhang, Zhilin Chen, Lin Kang, and Weidong Yang "Sulfuryl Fluoride as a Quarantine Treatment for Chlorophorus annularis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Chinese Bamboo Poles," Journal of Economic Entomology 103(2), 277-283, (1 April 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC09292
Received: 31 August 2009; Accepted: 1 December 2009; Published: 1 April 2010
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KEYWORDS
alternative fumigation
Bambusa
Chlorophorus annularis
sulfuryl fluoride
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