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Dyes as Artificial Hatching Agents for Beet Eelworm, Heterodera schachtii Schm.

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ARTIFICIAL hatching agents for Heterodera schachtii have often been sought1, but only two substances, 3,9-diamino 7-ethoxyacridine (rivanol) and 9-amino-acridine, have been reported to give hatches approaching that obtained in sugar-beet root diffusate2.

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SHEPHERD, A. Dyes as Artificial Hatching Agents for Beet Eelworm, Heterodera schachtii Schm.. Nature 196, 391–392 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196391a0

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