Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1937, Page 20

A—20 = TOXIN DISCOVERY | [Roosevelt Doube 10 CONTROL MOLD lowa Scientists Announce Benefit to Grains, Fruits, Vegetables. BY the Associtted Press, AMES, Iowa, April 9.—Ilowa State College scientists announced today | discovery of a cheap practical method | of controlling mold—the leech-like growth that steals the life-blood of | plants and taints food ] Dr. 1. E. Melhus and Dr. George C. Kent, botanists, said three years’ experimentation yielded a substance— a “toxin"—that will retard the fungus and mold growth on corn, barley, fruits and vegetables. They esti- | mated farmers may be able to save millions of dollars yearly by applying the toxin | A striking resemblance to Losses due to fur disease on all| President Roosevelt, both in economic plants, they said. have been | appearance and speech, was estimated as high as a billion and a noted yesterday when Igna- half dollars annually, compared with | tius M. Wilkinson, above, dean insect damage estimated at a billion.| of the Fordham University Mold, the botanists explained. is| Law School, appeared before the common family name for the| the Senate Judiciary Com- large group of sometimes visible p;\m-i mittee to testify in opposition sites. Science formerly assumed.| to the President’s Supreme they said, that mold. being of a higher | Court bill. order than bacteria, would not, as —Harris-Ewing Photo. bacterial organisms frequently dn“ g g produce “self-toxic” substances. | i amitito Harmtilne. | Lepers Seize Town, Win Revolt. Their toxins are specifically harm- Isacca, Rumania, had a panic when ful only to the organisms that pro- | 120 lepers broke from a nearby hos- | duce them, but & few of them, the | pital as a protest against their food botanists said, are harmful to similar | Invading the village. the lepers seized species in the family from which the | the Town Hall. The villagers fled. original mold came | When panic had abated the lepers dis- Specific molds and fungus toxins | cussed their grievances with the au- already. developed by the two men, | thorities, who remained at a safe dis- they said, were Diplodea zeae (dry | tance. The lepers won and returned rot of corn); gibberella suabinettii | to their hospital (barley scab); aspergillus niger (black spores of any rotting substances); | helminthorsporium graminum (spil | organism causing barley blight). | With their discovery that molds do produce toxins, the scientists said, production of further toxins for spe- | cofic molds is a simple matter. They produce the toxin by growing the mold as a scum on top of a liquid | containing food for the organisms. | Then they ground the growth and extracted from it the liquid, which, INSTALLED $29_95 they said, contained the toxin that AS LOW AS retards the mold’s grow | In its applieation on corn, the men | Arvin Car Radio explained, the seeds were soaked in | - with the Phan- the liquid toxin which permeates the B Dt embryo and germ of the kernel, in- xetting. flters hibiting the growth of the mold re- | I S guiinolzeician productive cells when the corn started sy o and Jjust 5 ihink. as low as to grow. | £29.95 installed. Not Poison to Humans. e (oo Malhus said the poisons developed Terms i desired, by their research were not harmful Db sintinssf fon MIfcary to humans, plants or animals in the PENNSYLVANIA concentration necessary to retard mold g growth. s Elimination of poisonous sprays, the gcientists said, might be the first result of widespread use of the new S n product. in 4-ply De Luxe Another possible use, but one which and 6-ply Twin | would require considerable additional Six. Built for research before could be applied | strength, durabil- practically, might be in the preserva- ity and long life. tion of foods, the botanists added. | Trade in your old Eventually, they said, the mold “in- ([| tires. Liberal al- hibitor” being harmless to man, might |} jewarce Terms be placed in canned foods and on all | iR fruits and vegetables. r‘;“he.v I;re;rc'z:;daucmzzhv be possible gm Ba"‘ries to control most of the mold growth 5 o that now “pes the human race.” & E honE baties | ST =4 Jes equal or S | 5 5 exceed the MOTORIST MUST PAY - EE:::L':J:‘, LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE | Bulle tor 1onc life under hardest A = 4 usages Railroad, Sued, Files Counter Suit Priced to fit your budget. and Wins $484 Judgment in :’;;::l.[ if de- .. Crowing Craah | compLeTe LNE oF * the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass., April 9—On AUTO ACCESSOR'ES October 10, 1930, a freight train hit | [] Seat covers, cushions, grill guard, ok it ot st i NG otk irrors fwexesf polishen: inchendon 3 sponges, chamois, horns, house RERtruck s emollohed larter ital l Mlomips ¥ete =5 ireasonatlyipriced: occupants, Maurice Dipinto and Pas- Come in_and look around. quale Dipinto, his father, had leaped to safety. 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