BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine whether irradiation could serve as a suitable phytosanitary treatment alternative to methyl bromide (MB) fumigation for blueberries and sweet cherry and also to determine the effect of phytosanitary irradiation treatment on survival of Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes on these fruit. 'Bluecrop' blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) ...

Methyl bromide (CH 3 Br) is widely used as a plant quarantine fumigant and as a soil fumigant, but in 1992 it was designated by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. According to the Montreal Protocol, its use is to be fully phased out by 2005 in developed countries and by 2015 in developing countries. However, its use is still currently being allowed after abolishme...

1-Butyl-3-methyl-pyridinium-dicyanamide (BMP-dca) is carbonised with tetra-alkyl-phosphonium-bromide additives yielding nitrogen- and phosphorus-co-doped carbons with enhanced BET surface areas promoted by the additives.

Costs of fumigating a food processing/warehouse facility using Methyl Bromide and ProFume are compared using an economic-engineering approach. The two fumigants are also compared for fumigating cocoa beans.

• Photo-actuation behavior was detected in the vulcanized rubber for first time. styrene-butadiene (SBR) composites filled with graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs) were investigated. ionic liquids significantly enhanced photo-actuation behavior. The effects of butylpyridinium bromide-based (ILs) on vulcanization kinetics, mechanical properties and ability Two different ILs, 1-butylpyridinium bromide ...

We describe the syntheses and crystal structures of two mol-ecular salts containing the 1,1-di-methyl-hydrazinium cation, namely 1,1-di-methyl-hydrazin-1-ium bromide, C2H9N2 (+)·Br(-), (I), and 2,2-di-methyl-hydrazin-1-ium di-hydrogen phosphite, C2H9N2 (+)·H2PO3 (-), (II). In (I), the cation is protonated at the methyl-ated N atom and N-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds generate [010] chains in the crystal. ...

2-Mercapto-1-methyl-imidazoline (N(2)C(4)H(6)S) is converted at room temperature into 2-bromo-1-methyl-imidazole (N(2)C(4)H(5)Br) in presence of copper(I) bromide in acetonitrile-chloroform mixture via extrusion of sulfur as sulfate and oxidation of Cu(I) into Cu(II). 2-Bromo-1-methyl-imidazole was isolated as its self assembled tetranuclear Cu(II) cluster, [Cu(4)(η(1)-N-(N(2)C(4)H(5)Br)(4)(μ(4...

Terminally dibrominated poly(β-propiolactone) was prepared through sequentially ring-opening polymerization of β-propiolactone and dibromination the former product. Synthesis poly(β-propiolactone)-b poly(methyl methacrylate) tri-arm block copolymer achieved by atom transfer radical methyl methacrylate onto with bromide end groups. The characterization polymers carried out using 1H-NMR, DSC, TGA...