. Minnesota plant diseases. Plant diseases. Minnesota Plant Diseases. ii3 long spindle-shaped, consisting of a string of cells. Thick- walled spores are also produced, consisting of several cells, and are capable of resting over in the soil for some time before ger- minating. The chief method of distribution of the fungus is by means of the spores which cling to the seeds of the flax. Flax seed should therefore be treated before seeding to de- stroy the fungus spores clinging to the coats. Professor BoUey has recommended the following treatment and preventive measures: "Use formaldehyde a
. Minnesota plant diseases. Plant diseases. Minnesota Plant Diseases. ii3 long spindle-shaped, consisting of a string of cells. Thick- walled spores are also produced, consisting of several cells, and are capable of resting over in the soil for some time before ger- minating. The chief method of distribution of the fungus is by means of the spores which cling to the seeds of the flax. Flax seed should therefore be treated before seeding to de- stroy the fungus spores clinging to the coats. Professor BoUey has recommended the following treatment and preventive measures: "Use formaldehyde at the rate of one pound of the standard strength to forty or forty-five gallons of water (the same strength used for wheat and oats). Spread the seed upon a tight floor or upon a canvas and sprinkle or spray on a small amount of liquid (a fine spray is best). Shovel, hoe, or rake the grain over rapidly. Repeat this spraying, shoveling, hoeing or raking until the surfaces of all of the seeds are just evenly moist, not wet enough to mat or gum, but evenly damp. (This can be done without matting if the grain . £ is well hoed or shoveled over while the solution is slowly and evenly sprayed upon it.) When the seeds are just evenly moist, cease applying the solution, but continue to shovel the grain over so as to get it dry as soon as possible. Avoid any excess of Fig. 159.âFlax wilt. A section of a flax moisture. If flax sccds are dip- root with fungus threads and spores j â .y,^ â^1,-4-;^« ^^ «*.« o1 at the surface. Magnified. After PCd m the SOlutlOn Or are al- Boiiey. lowed to get enough to soften the seed coats so that they will stick together, they will be con- siderably injured or even killed. "It takes less than one-half gallon of the solution to properly moisten one bushel of flax seed. "Caution: One must treat flax with much more care than that usually taken in treating wheat or oats for smut. The solution recommended is strong enough to kill all se
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