Abstract:Methyl bromide is listed as one of the ozone depleting substances (ODS) in the Montreal Protocol and going to be phased out in developing countries in 2015 according to Copenhagen Amendment. A China-Italian cooperative project, Transfer of alternative technologies to the use of methyl bromide and capacity building in soil fumigation (strawberry sector), funded by Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory was implemented in Mancheng County, Hebei Province. The treatments included metham sodium (MS) 35 g/m2, MS 26.25 g/m2+VIF (virtually impermeable film), solarization+biological control agent (BCA) 10 g/m2, methyl bromide (MB) 50 g/m2 and 55 g/m2 , MB 37.5 g/m2+VIF and MB 41 g/m2+VIF, resistant cultivars and untreated control (CK). The results showed that MS and MS+VIF applied through chemgation were the most promising alternatives to MB. The yields of MS and MS+VIF treatments on c.v. Darselect were 26 816 kg/hm2 and 23 672 kg/hm2, respectively, while the yield of MB treatment was 28 346 kg/hm2. The yield of MS and MS+VIF on c.v. Idea were 19 844 kg/hm2 and 15 989 kg/hm2, while the yield of MB treatment was 19 657 kg/hm2 in 2001-2002. The yields of MS and MS+VIF treatments on c.v. Darselect were 23 073 kg/hm2 and 23 446 kg/hm2, respectively, while the yield of MB treatment was 25 285 kg/hm2. The yield of MS and MS+VIF on c.v. All star were 29 594 kg/hm2 and 27 677 kg/hm2, while the yield of MB treatment was 32 191 kg/hm2 in 2002-2003. There were no significant differences in the tested alternatives from the yield obtained by MB treatment according to statistic analysis. VIF reduced MB emission. Low dosage of MB with VIF by hot gas system did not show any significant difference from normal MB dosage with polyethylene munching in yield and the vigor of strawberry. Solarization+BCA gave higher yield than the untreated control, but it was significantly lower than that from plots treated with MB. It can not be used as an alternative to MB. Resistant c.v. Idea imported from Italy and local c.v. All star did not show good resistance to local soil pathogens, which had more collapsed plants with low yield compared to c.v. Darselect, which showed some resistance to soil pathogens. The yield, however, in MB, MB+VIF, MS, MS+VIF treated plots was higher than that of the untreated ones.