The Agricultural Ledger 1901 (Crop Disease and Pest Series No. 5)

From the fact of the disease with which they were infested appearing on the rind it was called the " Rind fungus of the West Indies." The small black pustules seen on the surface of the canes were identified by Massee as corrsponding with Cobb's " Cane Spume." By cultivating the spores derived from these pustules Mr. [...] The writer of report is however alone responsible for the results of the exaion of the specimens of cane sent. [...] They showed clearly the presence of the fungus Colletotrchum falcatum Went the tissues of the cane being permeated by the hyphen of the fungus while its distinctive fructifications were present just above the nodes. [...] The results of examination of the specimens were practically the same as those got from examination of the first lot. [...] The report of the Collector of Pabna lays special stress upon the destruction wrought by the pest Bonga." This it is presumed is the same pest as is mentioned in the report of the Subdivisional Officer of I'iushtia referred to under Nadia although in the Pabna report the pest is referred to as a ' worm ' presumably from the " worm-eaten " appeaance of the cane.