Lesson 2: Types of Phytosanitary Treatments
Topic 2: Non-chemical Phytosanitary Treatments
In this topic, we will explore non-chemical phytosanitary treatments and how these treatments are applied.
Objectives:
- Participants will identify and explain non-chemical phytosanitary treatments.
What is a non-chemical phytosanitary treatment?
Non-chemical phytosanitary treatments are treatments that are based on maintaining the plant material at a specific temperature for a specified time, based on research demonstrating the treatment’s effectiveness. Non-chemical phytosanitary treatments include hot water immersions, steam treatments, vapor heat and forced hot air treatments, cold treatments, and irradiation.
Non-chemical phytosanitary treatments, like other quarantine treatments, are designed to prevent the introduction or spread of regulated plant pests in traded agricultural commodities without destroying or appreciably devaluing the infested commodity. Non-chemical treatments do not use pesticides. The following non-chemical phytosanitary treatments are used throughout the world:
- Hot water immersion treatment
- Steam treatment
- Vapor heat and forced hot air treatment
- Cold treatment
- Irradiation
In this topic, we explored the different types of non-chemical phytosanitary treatments. Non-chemical phytosanitary treatments are treatments that maintain the plant material at a specific temperature for a specified time, based on research demonstrating the treatment’s effectiveness. These treatments are designed to prevent the introduction or spread of regulated plant pests in traded agricultural commodities without destroying or appreciably devaluing the infested commodity.
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