new method, toxic effects of chemicals on higher plants, several modifications of the method of measuring the elongation rate of plant seedlings of rice, buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum, Sinapis alba, Lepidium sativum and other species of plants, attention to negative effects of surfactants and pesticides

Examples of innovations in the book, some awesome topics:

a new method to test toxic effects of chemicals on higher plants, exemplified by several modifications of the method of measuring the elongation rate of plant seedlings of rice, buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum, Sinapis alba, Lepidium sativum and other species of plants, with attention to negative effects of surfactants and  some pesticides - e.g. pages 52-54, 80-84, 129-134 (surfactants), 175 (pesticide Lontrel);

See more detail in the unique and informative book entitled:

Biological Effects of Surfactants.

Details on this book (which was acquired by Harvard University, M.I.T., Caltech, Oxford and Cambridge universities) see here:

http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/11/toxicity-of-surfactants-toxicity-of.html