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11. Oats treated with Uspulun and dry stored for a month showed no 

 reduction in germination. 



This article is an abridgment of a thesis taken under Dr B. T. Dickson in 

 the Department of Botany, Macdonald College, and submitted to the Graduate 

 School of IMcGill University in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the 

 degree of M. S. C. 



The writer wishes to acknowledge with gratitude his indebtedness to Dr. 

 Dickson for the many valuable suggestions and helpful advice given him during 

 the com-se of the investigations. In addition he wishes to express his thanks to 

 the Agronomy Department, Macdonald College, Que., and to the Cereal 

 Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont., for the seed oats and 

 wheat used throughout the experiments. 



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