Residual Effects of Some Germicides Used in Sterilizing Legume Seeds

Authors

Dean A. Anderson, Iowa State CollegeFollow
R. H. Walker, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In legume inoculation studies mercuric chloride is frequently used as a germicidal agent for sterilizing the legume seeds. While it is an effective disinfectant its use is often attended with objectionable results because of failure to remove all of the mercuric chloride from the seeds with the result that organisms surrounding the seeds may be killed thus preventing inoculation. In the course of some recent legume inoculation studies this difficulty became very apparent and as a result the extent of the toxic effect was investigated.

Publication Date

1931

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

38

Issue

1

First Page

3211

Last Page

325

Copyright

©1931 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Dean A. and Walker, R. H. (1931) "Residual Effects of Some Germicides Used in Sterilizing Legume Seeds," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 38(1), 3211-325.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol38/iss1/111