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Powerful Paper.
- Source :
- Scientific American; Oct1965, Vol. 213 Issue 4, p39-40, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 1965
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Abstract
- The article reports on a compound found in papers that can control harmful insects. The discovery of the compound was due to the research done by Carroll M. Williams and Karel Sláma at Harvard university. The subject of the research was a European bug Pyrrhocoris apterus. The compound discovered can be found in an American pulp tree called the balsam fir.
- Subjects :
- PLANT products
BIOACTIVE compounds
PAPER
INSECTS
BALSAM fir
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368733
- Volume :
- 213
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scientific American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 23102568