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DDT Toxicity in Rye ( Secale spp.)
Author(s) -
Jones J. Morgan,
Hayes J. D.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1967.tb00390.x
Subject(s) - secale , biology , resistance (ecology) , agronomy , toxicity , scope (computer science) , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language
SUMMARY The occurrence of toxicity to DDT in rye and of genetic resistance is recorded. Resistance, due to a recessive factor, is widely distributed at low frequencies in cultivated and wild populations of Secale cereale and in other species of Secale . The significance of these discoveries in underlining the importance of plant breeding for widening the scope of plant protection by means of chemicals is discussed briefly.