Summary
Activated carbon is shown under the experimental conditions reported here to reduce but not to eliminate chlordane and heptachlor residues in potato and to prevent the appearance on snap beans, beets, cabbage, and tobacco of the phytotoxic symptoms produced by the herbicide, atrazine.
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Se indica que, bajo las condiciones experimentales aquí referidas, el carbón activado reduce pero no elimina los resíduos de chlordane y heptachlor en la papa y que impide la aparición en hebichuelas, remolachas, coles, y tabaco los síntomas fitotóxicos causados por el herbicida, atrazine.
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Kring, J.B., Ahrens, J.F. Activatetd carbon, pesticide residues, and potatoes. American Potato Journal 45, 405–408 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02851017
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