Agricultural Applications of Petroleum Products (Advances in Chemistry Series 007)

Title......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
General Uses of Petroleum Oils as Insecticides......Page 3
Plant Tolerance in Relation to the Use of Petroleum Oil......Page 4
Factors Affecting Oil Deposit......Page 5
Relationship of Composition of Oil to Insect Control......Page 6
Mode of Action of Oils......Page 7
Oil Specifications......Page 8
Need for Safer Oils......Page 9
Discussion......Page 10
Literature Cited......Page 11
Petroleum Fractions......Page 12
Insecticidal Evaluation......Page 13
Correlations between Constitution and Insecticidal Efficiency......Page 20
Literature Cited......Page 24
Evaluation of Petroleum Fractions against 
California Red Scale and Citrus Red Mite......Page 25
Experimental Oils......Page 26
Procedure......Page 27
Heterogeneity of Mortalities......Page 29
LD95 as α Basis for Comparisons of Efficiency......Page 31
Correlation between Constitution of Oil Fractions and Insecticidal Efficiency......Page 32
Acknowledgment......Page 35
Literature Cited......Page 36
Physical Characteristics......Page 37
Phytotoxic Properties......Page 38
Relation of Unsulfonated Residue to Phytotoxicity......Page 39
Relation of Acid Number to Phytotoxicity......Page 40
Effect of Light on the Acid Number......Page 41
Literature Cited......Page 42
Petroleum Oils as Mosquito Larvicides......Page 43
Petroleum Oils as Adulticides......Page 48
Bibliography......Page 50
Experimental......Page 52
Results and Discussion......Page 53
Economics of DDT Solvents......Page 54
Literature Cited......Page 55
Influence of Particle Size on Application 
of Insecticide Sprays......Page 56
Spray Particle Size in Outdoor Treatments......Page 57
Literature Cited......Page 59
Thermal Oil Fogs as Insecticides 
and Insecticide Carriers......Page 60
Characteristics of Fogs......Page 61
Sampson Project......Page 62
Discussion......Page 65
Webb, N. Y.  Project......Page 67
Conclusion......Page 68
Acknowledgment......Page 69
Herbicidal Uses of Oils......Page 70
Refined Selective Spray Oils......Page 71
Fortified Oil Sprays......Page 72
Economy of Oil Resources in Future Weed Control......Page 73
Literature Cited......Page 75
Toxicity Ratings......Page 76
Selective Concentrations......Page 77
Increased Toxicity in Storage......Page 79
Effect of Temperature on Toxicity......Page 80
Effect of Concentration on Selectivity......Page 81
Literature Cited......Page 82
Nursery Weed Control......Page 84
Apparent Safe and Reasonably Effective Dosages of Mineral Spirits......Page 87
Savings by Use of Mineral Spirits......Page 88
Equipment Used......Page 89
Literature Cited......Page 90
Nematocidal Action of 
Halogenated Hydrocarbons......Page 91
Nemic Physiology......Page 92
Basic Principles of Soil Fumigation......Page 94
Forecast......Page 97
Literature Cited......Page 98
Petroleum-Derived Products in 
Agriculture Pest Control......Page 100
Spray Oils......Page 101
Petroleum Sulfonates......Page 102
Synthetic Polymers......Page 103
Bibliography......Page 104