Cancelling methyl bromide for postharvest use to trigger mixed economic results | Zendy

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Cancelling methyl bromide for postharvest use to trigger mixed economic results

Author(s) -

Cherisa Yarkin,

David L. Sunding,

David Zilberman,

Jerry Siebert

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v048n03p16

Subject(s) - fumigation , quarantine , postharvest , business , bromide , agricultural economics , environmental science , horticulture , economics , chemistry , biology , ecology , organic chemistry

The economic impacts of methyl bromide's (MBr) phaseout for postharvest fumigation vary widely among growers and, in the case of fumigation to meet quarantine restrictions, may vary widely from year to year. For walnuts, if processors use an alternative pest control strategy with a longer treatment time, a smaller supply of walnuts will be ready on November 7, a target date for shipping to Europe for the holidays. Cancellation of MBr could effectively eliminate access to export markets for cherries, peaches and nectarines until alternative quarantine treatments are approved by trade officials.

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