A MODEL FOR SELECTING TABLET VS PELLET DOSAGES IN STORAGES WITH CLOSED LOOP FUMIGATION (CLF) SYSTEMS

Dry aluminum phosphide pellets and tablets have been used as an inexpensive source of grain fumigant in Oklahoma grain elevators for the past 50-60 years. Pellets have been the primary fumigant of choice due to their fast response. During that time, almost all concrete elevators in Oklahoma used automatic dispensing machines to apply pellets at selected preset application rates as grain was turned from one silo to another.