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Microwave Treatment of Tobacco Seed to Eliminate Bacteria on the Seed Surface. Lester Hankin, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Plant Pathology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06504; David C. Sands, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Plant Pathology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06504, Present address of junior author: Department of Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59715. Phytopathology 67:794-795. Accepted for publication 17 December 1976. Copyright © 1977 The American Phytopathological Society, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121. All rights reserved.. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-67-794.

Treatment with microwave radiation for 20 min eliminated Erwinia carotovora var. carotovora on infested tobacco seed coats without affecting germination.