Smog reduces seedling growth: Zutano avocado seedling growth affected by synthetic smog of ozone and hexene vapor in fumigation chamber experiment

Taylor, O; Cardiff, E; Mersereau, J; Middleton, J

Smog reduces seedling growth: Zutano avocado seedling growth affected by synthetic smog of ozone and hexene vapor in fumigation chamber experiment

Authors

O. C. Taylor
E. A. Cardiff
J. D. Mersereau
J. T. Middleton

Authors Affiliations

O. C. Taylor is Assistant Horticulturist, University of California, Riverside; E. A. Cardiff is Senior Laboratory Technician, University of California, Riverside; J. D. Mersereau is senior Laboratory Technician, University of California, Riverside; J. T. Middleton is Plant Pathologist, University of California, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 11(3):9-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v011n03p9. March 1957.

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Abstract

Growth of Zutano avocado seedlings was reduced when the plants were exposed to synthetic smog—a mixture of ozone and hexene vapor—in an experiment designed to study the effect of the toxicants on seedling growth.

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