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Taint in potatoes grown on land treated with crude benzene hexachloride against wireworms
Author(s) -
Jameson H. R.,
Tanner C. C.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740020406
Subject(s) - acre , sowing , crop , benzene , agronomy , toxicology , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry
It is shown that the degree of taint produced in potatoes grown on land treated (worked into the soil by normal cultivation methods) with crude benzene hexachloride is a function of the amount of crude BHC applied per acre and the time elapsing after application. An equation linking degree of taint with these variables is given and summarizes data accumulated over a period of four years in numerous trials under varying soil and climatic conditions in England. Potatoes grown after treating land with 4 lb. crude benzene hexachloride per acre for control of wireworm are likely to be tainted if planting takes place within r8 months of the date of soil treatment; if planting takes place three years after soil treatment the crop should be free from taint.