Development of alternative methods for substitution of the use of methyl bromide for the control of quarantine relevant nematodes in trade wood including wood packaging (e.g. pine wood nematode)
Description:
The aim is to develop and to assess phytosanitary treatment of wood as an alternative to the ecologically harmful fumigation with methyl bromide to control pests efficiently with special regard to quarantine relevant wood nematodes.
Executive Institute:
Institute for national and international affairs of plant health (JKI-AG) Details of Institute for national and international affairs of plant health
Parent institution:
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) Details of (JKI) (Saxony-Anhalt)
Contract period:
01. 10. 2001 - 31. 12. 2007
Participating Institutions:
- Institute of Wood Research (TI-HF) Details of TI-HF
Funding Programme:
- BMELV - BÖLN - Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture Details of BMELV - BÖLN - Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture
Subject:
- Crop Protection
- Forestry
Purpose of research:
Applied research
Funding Institutions:
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) Details of (BMELV)
Project Management Agency:
- Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Details of BLE