What is Insect, Fumigation, and O2Low?

 

Insect

 

The most populous class of the animal kingdom, the insect (Latin: insecta), encompasses more than 700,000 known species, as well as at least as many undescribed ones. Insects, which show such a rich diversity of species, naturally have a much greater importance in human life than other animals. Entomology, which is an insect science, is divided into many sub-branches like other fields of biology (ecology, ethology, physiology, systematic entomology, etc.). In most of these sub-branches, purely practice and research-oriented studies are carried out. While practical entomology studies examine insects in terms of harms and benefits, the purpose of theoretical research is to gather basic information about all insects. Practical entomology is closely related to fields such as field, horticultural and forestry.

Insects, like all living things in general, need a suitable environment and food to survive. These necessary conditions sometimes overlap with the products we consume. When it comes to food or products with high material value, such as grain or tobacco, which are very important to humans, the intervention against insects begins. When we come across these areas that concern humans and their environment, we begin to call insects "harmful".

Insects that we define as harmful insects such as tobacco beetle / sweetworm (tobacco beetle - Lasioderma serricorne), rice weevil (rice weevil - Sitophilus oryzae), which are mostly named after the product they harm, along with their Latin names.

Insects that are difficult to control. Such as tobacco beetles, cause serious losses in products during storage or transportation processes if they are not controlled. Insect control is mostly done by a method called ‘‘fumigation’’ around the world.

 

What is Fumigation

Harmful pests, insects and bacteria in the product are suffocated by giving gaseous chemicals (fumigant) to the indoor environment where the product is located. This process is called fumigation. Today, heavy chemicals such as phosphine or methyl bromide are mainly used as fumigant gas in chemical fumigation. Fumigation is a dangerous process for humans in general. For this reason, the businesses that will carry out the fumigation are obliged to safely fulfill the legal requirements (official certificates, safety requirements, etc.) and the relevant protocol conditions.

Today, alternative methods that leave less or no residues instead of toxic fumigant gases have been sought in the world. Controlled atmosphere applications, which is one of these alternative methods, are at the top of these alternatives with benefit & cost analysis, being completely harmless to the environment and 100% effective. O2Low and Other methods

 

What is O2 Low Insect control application?

O2Low™ is a natural - organic - insect control treatment method made with controlled atmosphere technique.

Insect control cannot be performed with 100% lethality rates in conventional fumigation processes with chemical application. After the fumigation process, the toxic chemical residues used in food, etc. remains in the products and reaches the consumer. Insects that cannot be killed gain resistance even against fumigants, that is, heavy chemicals, and spread throughout the world with this strength of endurance.

Compared to other alternative methods, O2LOW provides 100% organic and 100% insect-free results. It has a lethal effect with 100% result in 4 stages from larva to pupa and egg to adult.

However, considering the investment cost turnover rates, it is the most cost-effective existing system compared to its alternatives. What is O2Low?

 

OXYCAT - O2Low Organic Fumigation - we offer turnkey solutions with anoxic methods, by making projects in your facilities suitable for your needs and business structure, and by making special design application chambers that instantly and completely terminate your insect problems.

You can contact us for all your questions and requests regarding our O2Low Organic Fumigation systems.