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The Relative Toxicity of Three Boron Compounds and Sodium Chlorate Used as Soil Sterilants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. G. Scott
E. G. Scott*
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of California, Davis
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Aslander was the first worker to report on the use of sodium chlorate as a herbicide; and Crafts and Raynor first reported on the use of borates as herbicides. They concluded that the herbicidal properties of any boron compound are related directly to the boron content of the compound. The fact that the borates tend to remain in the top layers of the soil while chlorates are easily leached, led them to propose that a mixture of the two would make an ideal soil sterilant.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 1960 , pp. 645 - 656
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Copyright © 1960 Weed Science Society of America 

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