by Dr. Lerry Lacey and Geraldine Warner A fungus that emits gaseous compounds is being tested as a fumigant for quarantine treatments of apples. Dr. Lerry Lacey, entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Yakima, believes the fungus Muscador albus has potential as a biofumigant that would be safer and more environmentally benign than methyl bromide fumigation. It could also be a component of a systems approach for preventing export of live codling moth with fruit. Detections of live codling moth in apples shipped to Taiwan can close the market. M. albus grows on the limbs of cinnamon trees […]