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Department of Agriculture Mysore State. Annual Report of the Coffee Scientific Officer 1931-32

1932

The failure of the early experiments must be attribted to ignorance of the part played by light in inhibiting germination of spores and to insufficient control of the acidity of the water used for the inoculation drops. [...] The method will facilitate the elimination of types of high susceptibility to disease in the nursery with much saving of time and space in the field and at the same time will throw light on the mode in which resistance of Leaf Disease is inherited. [...] Of the remainder 10 per cent showed the development of the white powdery material at the base of the fruit or fruit stalk but without any decay of the bean tissue while the rest 13 per cent—were characterized by the splitting of the pulp tissue at the base of the fruit without any other signs of decay. [...] The lighter rainfall conditions of the earlier part of the monsoon had favoured it but the net effect was to reduce slightly the attacks of the disease in October. [...] The presence of the disease in 1931 was no doubt due to the abnormally wet conditions of the latter part of the monsoon.
agriculture environment
Pages
35
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100118
Segment Pages Author Actions
Froeword
i-iii W. Mayne view
Annual Administration Report of the Coffee Scientific Officer 1931-32
1-32 W. Mayne view

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