Sweet Corn Seeds Research Articles

Effects of Telone and Nemagon on Essential Nutritive Components and the Respiratory Rates of Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Roots and Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.) Seeds1,2

Abstract Soil fumigations with Telone (1,3-dichloropropene and other chlorinated hydrocarbons) at the rates of 10, 20, and 30 gal/A and Nemagon (1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane) at the rates of 1, 2, and 3 gal/A, one week before planting carrot and sweet corn seeds brought about significant increases in the content of total carotenes, β-carotene, and total sugars in carrots and the total carotenoids in sweet corn seeds and decreases in respiratory rates of the carrot roots.