简介：IntheframeoftheSino-ItalianCooperationProgramforEnvironmentalProtection,jointlylaunchedintheyear2000bytheItalianMinistryforEnvironmentandTerritoryandSea(IMETS)andtheChinaStateEnvironmentalProtectionAdministration(SEPA),experimentaltrialswerecarriedoutinQingzhoucity(ShandongProvince,China)during2001-2003totestseveralmethylbromidealternativemethodstocontrolsoilbornediseasesingreenhousetomatoes.Graftingtomatoesonresistantrootstock(Lycopersiconlycopersicum×L.hirsutum),methamsodiumappliedundertraditionalpolyethyleneplasticfilms,methamsodiumappliedatlowrateundervirtuallyimpermeablefilmsandsoilsolarizationcombinedwithbiocontrolagentswerethealternativestestedandcomparedtomethylbromideappliedundervirtuallyimpermeableplasticfilmstoo.Collecteddatashowthatresistantrootstock(Lycopersiconlycopersicum×L.hirsutum)introducedfromItalyisapromisingalternativetomethylbromideforlocaltomatocultivars.Methamsodiumappliedundertraditionalpolyethyleneplasticfilmsisaneffectivealternative.Moreover,virtuallyimpermeablefilmsdemonstratethehelptoreducemethylbromideandmethamsodiumrates.Finally,soilsolarizationcombinedwithbiocontrolagentsdoesnotprovidesatisfactoryresultsintermsofdiseasecontrol.