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The effect of high-level treatment with aldicarb on sugar beet seed germination and on sprout growth rate was tested. Ten to 20 mg of Temik 10% granules (1–2 mg aldicarb) per seed was found to be the most appropriate. Due to the slow movement of aldicarb in soils, its absorbance rate from loess soil was found to be highly dependent on the distance between the granules and seeds.
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Publication of the Agricultural Research Organization. No. 327-E, 1980 series.
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Benjamini, L. The effect of high-level bird-repellent treatment with aldicarb on the germination and development of sugar beets. Phytoparasitica 9, 11–17 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03158324
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