The University of California Davis

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Environment

Procedures of Laboratory Fumigation for Pest Control with Nitric Oxide Gas

Yong-Biao Liu¹, Xiangbing Yang², Tiffany Masuda¹

¹Crop Improvement and Protection Unit, USDA-ARS, ²The University of California Davis

This paper describes nitric oxide (NO) fumigation protocols for postharvest pest control. Fumigation chambers are flushed with nitrogen (N₂) to establish ultralow oxygen conditions before NO is injected. At the end, chambers are flushed with N₂ to dilute NO before exposing products to ambient air to prevent exposure to NO₂.