THE IMPORTANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF FUMIGATION OF IMPORTED COTTON BALES | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 19, Volume 85, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 231-236 PDF (1.33 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2007.213646 | ||
| Author | ||
| MOHAMED A. M. EL-SAYED | ||
| Cotton Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Egypt requires double fumigation of imported cotton bales to control phytosanitary regulations of insect introductions, costing the Egyptian textile industry millions of pounds annually. Costly double fumigation and inspectors missions to shipping countries (and their ports of embarkation) appeared to be hard-and-fast requirements that added significant cost to importing cheaper lint. The present investigation was carried out in El-Wady Kafr Elzayyat Cotton Gin-Plant Co., fumigation was conducted at the Egyptian Cotton Pressing Co., to study the efficiency of fumigation in Egypt to eradicate or suppress the cotton insects and the possibility of carrying out one-time fumigation In Egypt. Two-twin cotton-seed infected by pink bollworm larvae (PBW), Pectinophora gossypiella were confined in Nylon-mesh cages and placed in each of different 16 placements in the cotton lint bale. The cages with larvae were placed at 10, 20 and 30 cm. deep In the three dimension of the bale before last pressing. Three bales were prepared in the same technique. One Bale was used as control without fumigation; the second bale was fumigated one time. The third bale was fumigated double or two times, the period between first and the second fumigation is 5 days. The fumigation process is very Important to protect cotton against economic insects introductions. The fumigation in the Egyptian Cotton Pressing Co. is very efficient. One time fumigant process gave the same results of double fumigant. One time vacuum fumigation in the arrival port was Found satisfactory to avoid any insects due to shipment or on bales cover or inside cotton bales replacing the surface fumigation which recommended for food and feed. It is proposed that Phytosanitary regulations should be revised to be in line with international standards, especially with regard to the requirements of double fumigation of imported cotton lint. | ||
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