Guide to Fumigation Under Gas-proof Sheets has been written to tell, and show, users how to do fumigations with the fumigants phosphine and methyl bromide using gas-proof sheets to treat: bag-stacks of grain and other commodities; loaded freight containers; and other products or cargoes, such as timber and machinery, that can be enclosed under gas-proof fumigation sheets.
The information presented is practical. This guide is designed for people who have had some training in how to do fumigations with phosphine and methyl bromide using gas-proof fumigation sheets.
1. Introduction
2. Fumigation – the basic facts
3. Good fumigations – who is responsible?
4. Best fumigation practice
5. Monitoring
6. Choosing the correct fumigant – phosphine or methyl bromide?
7. Sheet fumigation
8. Fumigating with phosphine
9. Fumigating with methyl bromide
10. Aeration and clearance after a fumigation
11. Fumigation failure
12. References
13. Acknowledgements