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peer-reviewed research article

Chemical control of seed-borne diseases of wheat and barley

authors

Dennis Hall, Davis. Parlier, and Riverside, respectively.
Beth L. Teviotdale, Davis. Parlier, and Riverside, respectively.
Albert O. Paulus, Albert O. Paulus is Extension Plant Pathologists at Davis. Parlier, and Riverside, respectively.

publication information

California Agriculture 32(5):14-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v032n05p14. May 1978.

author affiliations

Dennis L. Hall is Extension Plant Pathologists at Davis. Parlier, and Riverside, respectively. Beth L. Teviotdale is Extension Plant Pathologists at Davis. Parlier, and Riverside, respectively. Albert O. Paulus is Extension Plant Pathologists at Davis. Parlier, and Riverside, respectively.

abstract

When alkyl mercury compounds were prohibited as treatment for seed-born jdiseases of cereals, tests were begun to find effective controls that do not contain mecuryTests of more than fifty chemicals clearly demonstrated that seedborne disease of winter cereals can be effectively controlled with compounds that do not contain mercury.

author notes

The authors wish to thank G. Nelson and W. Ishisaka, Research Associates, Riverside and Davis, resectively; and S. Kite, W. Pendery, K. Baghott, and O. Harvey, Farm Advisors in Kings, Tulare. Tulelake and Riverside counties, respectively, for help provided in these studies.