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Methods for Determining Relative Volatility of Esters of 2,4–D and Other Growth Regulants Based on Response of Tomato Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

P. W. Zimmerman ,
A. E. Hitchcock  and
Henry Kirkpatrick Jr.
P. W. Zimmerman
Affiliation:
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Yonkers 3, New York
A. E. Hitchcock
Affiliation:
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Yonkers 3, New York
Henry Kirkpatrick Jr.
Affiliation:
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Yonkers 3, New York
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Renewed interest in volatility of hormone-like compounds has occurred since government restrictions were placed on the sale of certain esters used for herbicidal purposes. After crop plants neighboring on fields sprayed with volatile herbicides were injured, attempts were made to find low volatile esters which could be used with greater safety. This was done by making long chain esters containing five or more carbon atoms. Since many of these are now being made, the problem is to find satisfactory test methods for determining the relative volatility as compared with known compounds and standard formulations.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1953 , pp. 254 - 261
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Copyright © 1953 Weed Science Society of America 

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