Experiment Station Record Volume . 6 - United States Office of Stations, Paperback

• Release Date   5/22/2012
• ISBN-13   9781236462244 | 978-1-236-46224-4
• ISBN   1236462246 | 1-236-46224-6
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   United States Office of Stations
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...bean anthracnose (Gollctotriclium lindemnthiaXuir), black rot of the tomato (Macrosporium solani), downy mildew of the beet (Peronospora schachtii), mignonette-leaf blight (Cercospora reseda.), and leaf spot of chrysanthemums (Septoria sp.). In the case of the following diseases the evidence i8 lacking to demon fltrate the efficiency of Bordeaux mixture as a preventive, or at least as the best fungicide to be employed. In some eases it bas failed entirely: Powdery mildew or o'idiumof the grape (Uncinula necator), an thracnose of the grape (Qleeosporium ampelophagum), peach-leaf curl (Taphrina deformans), peach rot (Monilia fructigena), gooseberry powdery niililew (Sphtrrotheca morsui-w), currant leaf spot (Septoria ribis), raspberry anthracnose (Qlceosporium tenetum), potato scab(Oospora scabies), downy mildew of the tomato (Phytophthora infestans), cranberry gall fungus (Synchytrium raccinii), cranberry scald, loose smut of wheat Ustilago tritici), stinking smuts of wheat (Tilletiafceteris and T. tritica), corn smut ( Ustilago maydis), and rusts of cereals (Puccinia rubigovera, P. coronata, and P. graminis). Treatment for oat smut, A. A. Mills Utah Sta. Bpt. 1893, pp. 225-228).--Two years' experiments were conducted with the Jensen or hot water and potassium sulphid treatment for oat smut. The directions for the Jensen treatment1 are quoted. The potassium sulphid treatment consisted in soaking the seed for 24 hours in a solution of 1 lb. of potassium sulphid to 24 gal. of water, or for 12 hours in a solution of 1 lb. of potassium sulphid to 12 gal. of water. Tabulated results are given showing that for the average of the two years the yield of grain and straw from the plats given the hotwater treatment was in advance of the others, and that plats given the...