date:Aug 25, 2020
plant diseases like Verticillium wilt. The colorless, odorless gas was used for protecting crops, and shipments, but methyl bromide was phased out in 2005 due to one of its side effects: depleting the ozone layer.
When methyl bromide was disallowed, farmers no longer had access to it, which meant they had less control over disease spread, said Carol Miles, interim director of the Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon, Wash., who led the study.
Miles started sear