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defoliants

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt
Scope Note: Chemicals which cause leaves or other foliage to drop from a plant, usually to facilitate harvest.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange

 Collection
Identifier: MS0207
Content Description The Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange contains correspondence, newspaper articles, journal reprints, conference papers, technical reports, congressional hearing testimony, government documents, monographs, and other research materials concerned with phenoxy herbicides, TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, a toxic impurity found in Agent Orange, and often referred to as dioxin), and related chemicals. Much of the collection focuses on, or is related to Agent Orange, a phenoxy...
Dates: Late 1800s-2005; Majority of material found within 1960-1989
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Fort Detrick Plant Pathology Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS0502
Content Description Documents in this collection were created by research programs at Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, especially involving USDA research activities in plant diseases. The bulk are quarterly reports, contract research reports, laboratory or field notes, and some published papers. The collection also includes photographs of equipment and field work, and at least 1 box of audio cassettes and film reels. Research subjects are antiplant agents such as rust diseases for various types of crops...
Dates: 1936 - 1993; Majority of material found in The 1950s through the 1970s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections