Fumigation of agricultural products. XV.—germination and growth of cereals fumigated with methyl bromide

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Different varieties of cereals have been fumigated, at each of four moisture contents, with one of two doses of methyl bromide. The germination of the seeds was assessed immediately after the treatment and again after six months' storage at 20°. The damage done by the fumigant was distinguished from that associated with storage at high moisture contents by drying a part of each treated batch of seeds after fumigation and before storage.Barley was the cereal most resistant to fumigation, rye, maize, oats and wheat all being appreciably more susceptible. Rye was the most, and maize the least, resistant cereal in terms of survival after damp storage, but damp rye is severely affected by methyl bromide. Where different varieties of the same cereal species have been tested no important differences have been found.