Table 2 List of disinfectants and their application rates used to evaluate their efficacy as disinfectants against three tomato viruses and one viroid

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