The effect of sulphur dioxide gas on sweet potatoes, cotton, and sorghum cane plants

Author

Milburn Leo Dorris

Abstract

"The chief allegation made by many of the complainants sic in the vicinity of the zinc smelters is that the emanations from the stacks are detrimental to the yield of the crops, especially Sweet Potatoes and Cotton. They claim that on account of the leaves being burned or bleached, the entire plant is poisoned and weakened and the yield is thereby reduced. It was even claimed by some that the presence of the smoke in the atmosphere around the plant has a weakening effect in that it is cumulative, and, while it does not always visibly show, yet the general tone and conditions of the plant are weakened greatly. This contention is quite similar to the theory known as the Invisible Injury Theory"--Introduction, page 1.

Advisor(s)

Shaw, Frederick William

Degree Name

B.S. in General Science

Comments

Illustrated by author.

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1922

Pagination

ii, 19 pages

Rights

© 1922 M. L. Dorris, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Field cropsPlants -- Effect of sulfur dioxide onSulfur dioxide -- Environmental aspectsZinc industry and trade -- By-products

Thesis Number

T 445

Print OCLC #

9514119

Electronic OCLC #

370460071

Recommended Citation

Dorris, Milburn Leo, "The effect of sulphur dioxide gas on sweet potatoes, cotton, and sorghum cane plants" (1922). Bachelors Theses. 179.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/bachelors_theses/179