Table 2.
List of disinfectants and their application rates used to evaluate their efficacy as disinfectants against three tomato viruses and one viroid
| No. | Disinfectant | Application rate | Designation | Active ingredients | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clorox regular bleach | 10% (100 mL/L) | CLOROX | 5.25% Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) | The Clorox Company. Oakland, CA, USA |
| 2 | KleenGrow | 0.4% (4 mL/L) | KG | 7.5% Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride | Pace Chemicals. Burnaby, BC, Canada |
| 3 | Virkon S | 0.5% (5 g/L) | VS-0.5 | 20.4% Potassium peroxymonosulfate, 1.5% Sodium chloride | DuPont Chemical Solutions, Wilmington, DE, USA |
| Virkon S | 1.0% (10 g/L) | VS-1.0 | |||
| Virkon S | 2.0% (20 g/L) | VS-2.0 | |||
| 4 | Greenhouse Guardian | 0.11% (1.1 g/L) | GG | Trichloromelamine | GermFreePlanet, Tucson, AZ, USA |
| 5 | Green-Shield | 0.52% (5.20 mL/L) | GS | 10% n-alkyl [60% C14, 30% C16, 5% C12, 5% C18] Dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, 10% n- alkyl [68% C12, 32% C14] Dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride | BASF, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA |
| 6 | Non-fat dry milk (Sanalac) | 20% (200 g/L) | NFDM | 34.78% Protein | ConAgra Food, Omaha, NE, USA |
| 7 | Vortexx | 0.195% (1.95 mL/L) | VOR | 6.9% Hydrogen peroxide, 4.4% Peroxyacetic acid, 3.3% Octanoic acid | Ecolab Center, St. Paul, MN, USA |
| 8 | Octave | 0.781% (7.81 mL/L) | OCT | 7.52% Hydrogen peroxide, 0.94% Peroxyoctanoic acid, 2.72% Octanoic acid | Ecolab Center, St. Paul, MN, USA |
| 9 | BioSide | 0.078% (0.78 mL/L) | BS | 15% Peroxyacetic acid, 22% Hydrogen peroxide | Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Modesto, CA, USA |
| 10 | SaniDate | 0.382% (3.82 mL/L) | SD | 23.0% Hydrogen peroxide, 5.3% Peroxyacetic acid | Biosafe Systems, Glastonbury, CT, USA |
| 11 | StorOx | 0.977% (9.77 mL/L) | SO | 27% Hydrogen dioxide | Biosafe Systems, Glastonbury, CT, USA |
| 12 | Lysol all-purpose cleaner | 50% (500 mL/L) | LYSOL | 0.1% alkyl [50% C14, 40% C12, 10% C16] Dimethylbenzyl ammonium saccharinate | Reckitt Benckiser, Parsippany, NJ, USA |
| 13 | DES-O-GERM | 0.1% (1 mL/L) | DOG-0.1 | Poly hexamethylenebiguanide hydrochloride, Benzalkonium chloride | Des-O-Germ (PTy), Africa-Australia-Mauritius-New Zealand |
| DES-O-GERM | 0.2% (2 mL/L) | DOG-0.2 | |||
| 14 | Menno Florades | 1% (10 mL/L) | MF | 9% (w/v) Benzoic acid | Menno Chemie-Vertrieb Gmbh, Norderstedt, Germany |
| 15 | Menno-Ter forte | 1% (10 mL/L) | MTF | 32.5% Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride | Menno Chemie-Vertrieb Gmbh, Norderstedt, Germany |
| 16 | Trisodium phosphate | 10% (100 mL/L saturation) | TSP | Trisodium phosphate | Fisher Scientific, Fair Lawn, NJ, USA |