Distribution of Chloropicrin Used Alone or Mixed with 80:20 to Fumigate Wheat and Sorghum

Charles L. Storey

No 312348, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: Although chloropicrin has been used as a grain fumigant for many years, published data on its distribution in large grain masses are nearly nonexistent. These studies were planned to determine the distributional characteristics and effectiveness of selected dosages of chloropicrin used alone or mixed with carbon tetrachloride and carbon disulfide for the fumigation of bulk wheat and sorghum. Chloropicrin concentrations throughout the entire grain mass were recorded to establish the value and limitations of chloropicrin as a grain fumigant. The gravity-penetration method was tested in 3,250-bushel metal circular bins. The closed-recirculation method was tested in 3,250-bushel bins, 6,000-bushel bins, and a large flat storage of 100,000-bushel capacity.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 1971-02
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/312348/files/mrr894.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uamsmr:312348

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.312348

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().