Seed Disinfection

Tomato Seed Disinfection with Chlorine

Chlorine is a commonly used disinfectant for tomato seed contaminated with the bacterial pathogens causing canker, spot, and speck diseases. Previous research has attempted to determine chlorine effectiveness by testing for the presence of the pathogen after treatment of infected seed lots. Even with the most advanced techniques, the accuracy of these methods is questionable, and can underestim...

Disinfection Alternatives for Control of Ditylenchus dipsaci in Garlic Seed Cloves.

Hot-water dips with and without the additives abamectin and sodium hypochlorite were evaluated for control of Ditylenchus dipsaci infection of garlic seed cloves. All treatments were compared to hot water-formalin clove dip disinfection and to nontreated infected controls for garlic emergence, midseason infection, bulb damage, and yield at harvest in field plots in 12 experiments. Hot-water tre...

Useless Disinfection

Disinfection and Sterilization

Disinfection of farrowing pens.

The author presents details on the cleaning and disinfection of specialised farrowing accommodation within an intensive pig unit. Procedures are described for use in two quite different sets of circumstances, as follows: in the event of the occurrence of one of the major notifiable epizootic diseases; routine cleaning and disinfection as part of normal management procedures. In the former case,...