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Influence of Pesticides on Fruit Bud Formation in the Pear
THE reduction of fruit bud formation on the pear variety ‘Conference’ by phenylmercuric salts has already been reported1. Even more severe reductions have now been recorded on this variety and also on ‘Doyenné du...
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Identification of Dinitro-octylphenols in Certain Commercial Fungicides
A MIXTURE of nitrated alkylphenols is made by various manufacturers in the United States, Great Britain, and The Netherlands, who then esterify it with crotonic or other acid for the preparation of fungicides ...
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Effect of Didecyldimethylammonium Bromide against Powdery Mildews and other Fungal Plant Diseases
CATIONIC surface-active agents are widely used as bactericides, and in recent years have been applied against a number of fungi of medical importance1. Certain agents of this type have been included in investigat...
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‘Karathane’ : the Relative Importance of the Phenolic and Unsaturated Acid Components in Toxicity towards Certain Plant Pathogens
THE commercial acaricide and fungicide currently offered as ‘Karathane’ has been shown to be one of the few substitutes for sulphur for the control of powdery mildews on a number of crops. The active ingredien...
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Fungicidal Action
Principles of Fungicidal Action
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Toxicity of Chlorinated Phenyl Benzenesulphonates to Winter Eggs of the Fruit Tree Red Spider Mite, Metatetranychus ulmi (Koch)
THE mite ovicidal activity of a number of substituted phenyl benzenesulphonates toward the eggs of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus bimaculatus Harvey, was examined by Kenaga and Hummer1, who found that s...
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Benzyl Alcohol as an Aid to Penetration of Certain Ovicides
IN a study of penetration of insecticides through insect cuticle, Webb and Green1 found that benzyl alcohol would greatly reduce the time required to kill sheep keds with diphenylamine, although the toxicity of t...
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The Action of 2-Aminofluorene in Three Pure Strains of Mice
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Further Experiments in Mice with p-Diazoaminobenzene
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Biological Tests with Cholesterol Esters of Unsaturated Acids
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The Combined Action of 2-Acetylaminofluorene and Sex Hormones in the Wistar Rat
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Carcinogenic Effect of Aminoazobenzene
SINCE Kinosita1 first showed that rats developed malignant tumours of the liver when fed a deficient diet containing N,N-dimethyl-p-aminoazobenzene (butter-yellow), much work has been done in an attempt to elucid...
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