Sampling Techniques for Determination of DDT Residue on Sweet Corn

Abstract
Considerable variation occurred in DDT residues on 10 replicates of hand-dusted sweet corn of 5-, 10-, and 40-ear samples. The coefficient of variation for samples replicated 20 times dropped from 25% for 5-ear to 11% for 40-ear samples. If 25% variability is sufficient for comparisons to be made, then 5-ear samples replicated 10 times would be within this range. DDT residues ranged from 229 to 283 ppm. on husk-silk and less than 1.4 ppm. on kernel-cob samples. One to 1.7 ppm. apparent DDT residues were found on untreated kernel-cob and husk-silk samples.

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