Single Bath Hot Water And Steam Treatments Of Seed Wheat For The Control Of Loose Smut

Excerpt from Single-Bath Hot-Water and Stem Treatments of Seed Wheat for the Control of Loose Smut Table 2 shows that by the single-bath method complete smut con trol was obtained by soaking the seed at 48° C. For 2 hours and for 2 hours and 30 minutes, and at 49° C. For 2 hours. Only very slight traces of smut were found when the seed was soaked at 49° C. For 1 hour and 30 minutes, and at 50° C. For 1 hour and 15 minutes. The summary of results obtained in 1920 - 21 indicates that the single-bath method can be used successfully to control loose smut with less injury to the seed than is caused by the modified hot-water treatment, as noted by Humphrey and Potter At 48° C. The optimum duration of treatment for the control of smut without seed Injury evidently lies between 1 hour and 30 minutes and 2 hours, and at 49° C. It is slightly above 1 hour and 30 minutes. At tempera tures above 49° C. Germination was considerably reduced, even when the seed was not soaked for a sufficient length of time to control the smut completely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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