. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. PLATE Bacterial wilt of the cucumber. (Introduced to illustrate transmission of the disease by insects). The central plant (variety Long green) was inoculated on June 17 with Bacillus tracheiphilus by the striped cucumber-beetle (Diabrotica vittata). As a result the gnawed leaves first wilted and then the whole upper part of the plant, the vascular bundles being occluded by the sticky white slime of this bacillus. Photographed July I, 1905. About 1 -14 natura size. The entire plant was dead about two weeLs Please note that these im
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. PLATE Bacterial wilt of the cucumber. (Introduced to illustrate transmission of the disease by insects). The central plant (variety Long green) was inoculated on June 17 with Bacillus tracheiphilus by the striped cucumber-beetle (Diabrotica vittata). As a result the gnawed leaves first wilted and then the whole upper part of the plant, the vascular bundles being occluded by the sticky white slime of this bacillus. Photographed July I, 1905. About 1 -14 natura size. The entire plant was dead about two weeLs Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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