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How Well is Corn Seed‐Treated in Commercial Practice?
Author(s) -
Hoppe Paul E.,
Wright A. H.
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1955.00021962004700080010x
Subject(s) - wright , certification , library science , service (business) , citation , political science , computer science , marketing , business , art , art history , law
THERE is little in the literature concerning the question raised in the title of this article. Studies on the effectiveness of corn seed treatments have been neglected mainly because of the lack of suitable laboratory methods for making the necessary tests. The development of the rolled towel technique for corn cold tests at the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station in 1950 provided a simple laboratory method for testing the adequacy of treatment with fungicides. This method was used in a cooperative study with the Wisconsin Seed Certification Service in a 2-year survey to determine how effectively seed producers were treating their seed. In Wisconsin, treatment of hybrid seed corn with a fungicide is a requirement for certification. A statement from the producer that his seed was treated usually has been accepted by the Seed Certification Service. To check the accuracy of the rolled towel technique, all samples were also tested by.the older cold test method in