A trial of three chemicals as rodent repellents in direct seeding

Gilbert H. Schubert

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A trial of three chemicals as rodent repellents in direct seeding

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Gilbert H. Schubert

Year:

1953

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Research Note 84. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, California Forest and Range Experiment Station.

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Abstract

Sodium fluoroacetate (compound "1080") and, to a lesser extent, red lead and zinc phosphide, have been suggested for use as rodent repellents in direct seeding. On the basis of a small test in 1950 on the Stanislaus Experimental Forest in California, none of these chemicals appears effective as repellents even though all three are effective as poisons.

Citation

Schubert, Gilbert H. 1953. A trial of three chemicals as rodent repellents in direct seeding. Res. Note 84. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, California Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2 p.