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The available evidence suggests that maleic hydrazide may have contributed to inhibition in the formation of free fatty acids in the seed during field exposure and the presampling period; to inhibiting the proliferation of mold on the seed at high relative humidities during storage and to reducing the rate of formation of free fatty acids; and to inhibiting the slow rate of formation of free fatty acids by the seed itself apparently in the absence of mold growth. The seed appeared to be protected for approximately 16, 20, and 20–28 weeks at 100%, 91%, and 75% R. H., respectively. The evidence seems to favor only slightly the higher concentration of treatment. However its application prior to or at defoliation seemed to have no measurable effect on the development of free fatty acids.
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Lambou, M.G., Parker, N.S. & Carns, H.R. Effect of maleic hydrazide applied to the cotton plant on the development of free fatty acids in the seed. J Am Oil Chem Soc 33, 199–202 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02632263
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