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Preliminary Observations on the Golorimetric Assay of the Hatching Factor of the Potato-root Eelworm, Heterodera rostochiensis Wollenweber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

C. Ellenby
C. Ellenby
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, King's College, (University of Durham), Newcastle-upon- Tyne
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Promising results in the colorimetric assay of potato-root eelworm hatching factor have been obtained with picric acid and with 3: 5- dinitrobenzoic acid. Both of the reagents are used for the assay of cardiac glycosides with which the hatching factor may have affinities.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 1958 , pp. 219 - 226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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