Ferguson, F.F and Dawood, I.K and Blondeau, R (1965) Preliminary field trials of acrolein in the Sudan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 32. pp. 243-248.
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Abstract
Field trials of acrolein for the simultaneous control of aquatic weeds and snails were conducted in the Sudan. Phytotoxicity studies at 25 and 50 ppm showed minor or no damage to furrow-irrigated crops, but flood irrigation of vegetable seedlings at 15 ppm was toxic. Effective downstream carriage of acrolein was demonstrated for a distance of 1.6 km at a concentration of 25 ppm. Planorbid snails (Bulinus and Biomphalaria) were almost completely eliminated (98-99% kills). All submersed aquatic weeds were destroyed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Chief, Puerto Rico Field Station, Biology/Chemistry Section, Technology Branch, Communicable Disease Center, U.S.Department of Health Education and Welfare, San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
| Subjects: | Statistics and Experimentation |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Library ICRISAT-InfoSAT |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2012 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2012 09:11 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4558 |
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