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. . . the keys used by the chemist to unlock doors inside the green leaf, also fit doors inside the human body β —Charles Glen King
J O U R N A L O F
APRIL 1 , 1953 Volume 1 Number 1
Copyright 1953 by American Chemical Society
Edi tor : WALTER J. M U R P H Y Executive Edi tor : James M. Crowe Managing Edi tor : Richard L. Kenyon Produc t ion Manage r : Joseph H. Kuney Consu l t ing Edi tor : Phi l ip H. Groggins Associate Edi tors :
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Agricultural and Food
Chemistry contents Ag and Food Newsletter . . . 3 Letters 4 Editorial 9 News 11 Washington 17 The Observation Post
P. H. Groggins 97 Associations Forum 98
Equipment Products and Processes Literature Available . Federal and State
Regulations . . . . New Books Business and Finance . Perspective
Feature The Editors Interview 1 8 Leaders in Science, Agriculture,
and Food Processing
Pesticides Herbicides, Chemical Weed Control
C. E. Minarik and A. G. Norman Herbicide Application, Some Considerations in Choosing Methods
K. C. Barrons Herbicide Mechanism, Mode of Action Other Than Aryl OxyalkyI Acids
V. H. Freed Herbicides, Their Absorption and Translocation
A. S. Crafts
Plant Foods and Regulators Magnésie Minerals and Soils, A 4-Year Lysimeter Study of Their
Interreactivities W. H. Maclntire, W. M. Shaw, and J. B. Young
Serpentine-Fused Phosphate, Citric Solubility and Glass Content Correlation Tah-Ho Huang
Liming Materials in Soils, Radiochemical Measurement of Reaction Rates D. H. Smith, J. M. Blume, and C. W. Whittaker
N u t r i t i o n Dietary Proteins, Their Function in Health and Disease
J. B. Allison Phosphorus Compounds in Cottonseed Kernels, Influence of Variety of
Cottonseed and Environment M. F. Stansbury, W. A. Pons, Jr., and C. L. Hoffpauir
F o o d Process ing Atmospheric Odors, Their Effect on Flavors of Stored Foods
Amos Turk, P. J. Messer, and Arthur Blaskiewicz Cottonseed Meals, Influence of Processing on Protein Values
Barnett Sure with Leslie Fosterling, Joy Dowell, and Mary Crudup . . Amino Acids, In Cane Juice and Cane Final Molasses
G. N. Kowkabany, W. W. Binkley, and M. L. Wolfrom
Fermentation Fungal Saccharifying Agents, Amylolytic Factors of Bran Culture and
Submerged Culture E. L. Pool and L. A. Underkofler
Yeast, A Source of Biochemical Intermediates Louis Laufer, D. R. Schwarz, and E. D. Stewart
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