Studies upon the Absorption and Germination of Wheat Treated with Formaldehyde

Authors

A. L. Bakke, Iowa State CollegeFollow
H. H. Plagge, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Treating wheat with formaldehyde to prevent the covered or stinking smut of wheat is a general practice wherever wheat is grown. Henderson, Burmester, Johnson and Brittlebank have submitted results of germination tests where wheat has been soaked for varying periods, with the purpose of obtaining safe limits where the fungus is killed, while the seed is left intact. Naturally this is the important conception from the practical standpoint. But admitting this to be the case there are still many fundamental propositions which are still open for solution and of equal import to the practical phases of grain treating to prevent smut and problems of imbibition and of germination.

Publication Date

1919

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

26

Issue

1

First Page

365

Last Page

375

Copyright

©1919 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bakke, A. L. and Plagge, H. H. (1919) "Studies upon the Absorption and Germination of Wheat Treated with Formaldehyde," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 26(1), 365-375.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol26/iss1/34