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United
Nations Environment Programme |
Canada Alternatives to Methyl Bromide April 2005
| Use category | Alternatives available | Status of Registration | Alternatives under development | Possible date of registration |
| PRE-PLANT: Strawberry runners (PEI) | Telone (1,3-D) | Not registered | ||
| 1,3-D, Chloropicrin | Registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Chloropicrin, Metam Sodium | Not registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Chloropicrin, Pebulate® | Not registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Metam Sodium | Not registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Metam sodium, Basamind® | Not registerd | |||
| 1,3-D, MITC | Registered | |||
| Basamind® | Registered | |||
| Chloropicrin | Not registered for crop | |||
| Metam sodium | Registered | |||
| Metam sodium, Chloropicrin | Not registered | |||
| MIDAS™ (Iodomethane) | Not registered | |||
| Soilless culture | Registration not required | |||
| Substrates/Plug plants | Registration not required | |||
| PRE-PLANT: Strawberry runners (Quebec) | Telone (1,3-D) | Registered | ||
| 1,3-D, Chloropicrin | Registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Chloropicrin, Metam Sodium | Not registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Chloropicrin, Pebulate® | Not registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Metam Sodium | Not registered | |||
| 1,3-D, Metam sodium, Basamind® | Not registerd | |||
| 1,3-D, MITC | Registered | |||
| Basamind® | Registered | |||
| Chloropicrin | Not registered for crop | |||
| Metam sodium | Registered | |||
| Metam sodium, Chloropicrin | Not registered | |||
| MIDAS™ (Iodomethane) | Not registered | |||
| Soilless culture | Registration not required | |||
| Substrates/Plug plants | Registration not required | |||
| POST-HARVEST: Flour mills | Carbon bisulphide (carbon disulfide) | Not registered | Sulfuryl Fluoride | Regulatory decision expected in 2006 |
| Carbon dioxide & sulfur dioxide | Not registered | |||
| Carbon monoxide & dioxide | Not registered | |||
| Carbonyl sulphide | Not registered | |||
| Cyanogen | Not registered | |||
| Ethyl or methyl formate | Not registered | |||
| Ethylene oxide | Not registered | |||
| Hydrogen cyanide | Not registered | |||
| Methyl iodide | Not registered | |||
| Methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) | Registered | |||
| Phosphine alone (aluminum phosphide, magnesium phosphide) | Registered | |||
| Phosphine & Carbon dioxide | Registered | |||
| Propylene oxide | Not registered | |||
| Diatomaceous earth | Registered | |||
| Heat Treatment | Registration not required | |||
| Integrated pest management (IPM) | Registration not required | |||
