PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST DEFOLIATION CONFERENCE, 29-30 JULY 1963

Abstract

This Proceedings of the Defoliation Conference of 1963 summarizes the research program in chemical defoliation sponsored by the U. S. Army Biological Laboratories. Emphasis is given to the extensive contract program of synthesis and screening of candidate defoliant compounds and to the mechanism of leaf abscission. Progress in synthesis and evaluation of defoliant activity of new chemicals is reviewed by contractors affiliated with the defoliation program. Personnel of the Biological Laboratories, and other branches of government report the objectives of the program, supply background information dating from World War II, and discuss phases of in-house research consisting of introductory, primary, and secondary screening in greenhouse and field; aerial applications; equipment calibration; taxonomic, biochemical, and physiological investigations; formulation studies; and structure-activity relationship.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0427874

Entities

People

  • Vesta Z. Mattie

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Fish
  • Fungi
  • Medical Personnel
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Sulfur Compounds

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