The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon September 1930

The Board directing the work is a representative one consisting of the Director of Agriculture the Colonial Treasurer three unofficial members of the Legislative Council two members of the Ceylon Estates Proprietary Association two members of the Planters' Associ!ion two members of the Rubber Growers' Association four members of the Low-Ctuntry Products' Association and two members nomina [...] wide along the secondary veins on the underside of the lower portion of the leaf-blade along the leaf-stalk or along the lower portion of the midrib. [...] cit.) the absence of root decay in the roots of suckers examined prior to the experiments the use of sterilized soil and the failure to find either Rhizoctonia bataticola or eelworms in the roots of the plants at the conclusion of the experiments may be considered to have eliminated the root factor from the experiments under review. [...] The pot or basket should be gradually filled first with the larger pieces of the compost over the drainage material at the bottom of the pot and then with the finer stuff to within about 2 inches of the rim. [...] In a typical colony of this type the activity of the"144 nest centres around the royal paiwhich in the early stages of the society are the original founders of the colony having been derived from a pair of the winged stage.