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A NEW method for the destruction of potato sprouts in the course of potato storage is ventilating with air containing nonanol in the amount of 0.1 mgm. per litre1. By applying this British method in our country we were very interested in the determination of nonanol in the ventilation air as well as in the potatoes after being treated in this way. The nonanol used is the branched isomer 3,5,5′-trimethyl-hexanol-1, produced by Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.
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VAN VLIET, W., SCHRIEMER, W. Determination of Nonanol Residues in Potatoes. Nature 187, 235–236 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187235b0
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