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Audus and Quastel1 have recently shown that sodium thiosulphate is toxic to seeds of higher plants, and it has been reported2 that sodium ethyl xanthate is being used commercially as a weed-killer. The accompanying table shows the results of tests for toxicity to wheat seeds of a number of sulphydryl compounds, and may therefore be of interest.
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BRIAN, P., JAMIESON, M. & MCGOWAN, J. Toxicity of Sulphydryl Compounds to Seeds. Nature 162, 780 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162780a0
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