Phosphine Fumigation

Phosphine Gas Fumigants Protect Your Commodities When Time and Efficacy Matter

Insects and pests can eat away at stored commodities. Many fumigators today rely on pesticide sprays or tablets, such as magnesium phosphide, aluminium phosphide, sulfuryl fluoride and methyl bromide. Although effective, these products can come with environmental and performance tradeoffs. Syensqo's cylinderized phosphine gas fumigants offer an alternative treatment option that addresses some of these tradeoffs.

Syensqo has more than 20 years of experience in the development of cylinderized phosphine gas fumigants for stored product pest management. By leveraging our technology and expertise, we help fumigators around the world convert from traditional fumigants to cylinderized phosphine. 

Two Types of Phosphine Gas Fumigants

We offer two types of phosphine gas fumigants for injection into agricultural commodity storage areas (silos, bins and containers) to effectively control all stages of insects when used in accordance with the label:

1. ECO2FUME® – ready-to-use, nonflammable phosphine gas mixture
2. VAPORPH3OS® – pure phosphine designed for use with a Syensqo approved blending system, to form a ready-to-use mixture

Fumigation Concentration and Control

Our products, when used in conjunction with monitoring, allow the user to precisely “top off” concentrations without entering the fumigation space ensuring the phosphine concentration is held for the prescribed time and achieving efficacy. Fumigant control is performed from the outside of a structure, thereby limiting worker exposure to fumigant. Furthermore, Syensqo's fumigants do not generate byproducts, eliminating the need to dispose of spent fumigant waste.

Syensqo's phosphine fumigant gases are approved for use with a variety of foods and non-foods. They can be applied to eradicate an array of potentially harmful insects and pests in ware­houses of all sizes, railcars, ship-holds, sea con­tainers and trailers, bins and silos, and tarps and bunkers.

ECO₂FUME^® and VAPORPH₃OS^® are restricted-use pesticides that should only be applied by licensed fumigators and used as directed in accordance with the product label as specified by your country, local laws, and regulations