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Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation of red oak logs eradicates the oak wilt fungus

Sulfurylfluorid-Begasung von Roteichenholz zur Bekämpfung des Eichenwelkepilzes

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This work was supported by a grant from the DowElanco Corp. as well as University of Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. project 4369. Essential help by James Bean in the fumigation trials as well as statistical evaluations by Peter Scherer (DowElanco) are gratefully acknowledged. Help from consulting foresters Steve Cook and Steve Nelson for tree procurement as well as Kory Cease, Paul Castillo and Tamara Pickens (USDA Forest Service) for technical assistance is also appreciated.

Preliminary field trials using red oak logs from trees dying from oak wilt disease were successful in eliminating the oak wilt fungus from sapwood after fumigation with sulfuryl fluoride for 72 h under tarp. These results support earlier laboratory data on the fungitoxicity of sulfuryl fluoride as a potential replacement for methyl bromide treatment of exported red oak veneer logs. However, not all other microorganisms were completely eradicated from oak sapwood at the treatment levels used in this trial.

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Erste Versuche zur Bekämpfung des Eichenwelkepilzes an befallenen Roteichenrundholz mit Sulfurylfluorid verliefen erfolgreich. Das Rundholz war 72 Stunden mit Sulfuryl-fluorid begast worden Die Ergebnisse bestätigen frühere Laborbefunde über die fungizide Wirksamkeit von Sulfurylfluorid, das geeignet ist, das gebräuchliche Methylbromid zu ersetzen, womit exportiertes Furmierholz begast wird. Allerdings konnten unter den bisherigen Bedingungen nicht alle anderen Mikroorganismen völlig abgetötet werden.

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  1. Dept. of Wood and Paper Sci., University of Minnesota, 2004 Folwell Ave, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA

    E. Schmidt

  2. North Central Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, 1992 Folwell Ave, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA

    J. Juzwik

  3. DowElanco Corp., 9330 Zionsville Rd, 46268, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    B. Schneider

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Schmidt, E., Juzwik, J. & Schneider, B. Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation of red oak logs eradicates the oak wilt fungus. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff 55, 315–318 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001070050236

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