Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products . d by this fungus afford a juice of lower sugar content andpurity than do sound canes. This effect was shown by Lewton-Brainto be due to the presence of a sugar-inverting enzyme. Different varieties of canes exhibit veiy different degrees of susceptibility,and Butler has observed that the reed-like canes of India are less liableto attack than the thick ones. Otaheite cane is peculiarly susceptible. Originally the disease was considered to be a wound parasite, ob
Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products . d by this fungus afford a juice of lower sugar content andpurity than do sound canes. This effect was shown by Lewton-Brainto be due to the presence of a sugar-inverting enzyme. Different varieties of canes exhibit veiy different degrees of susceptibility,and Butler has observed that the reed-like canes of India are less liableto attack than the thick ones. Otaheite cane is peculiarly susceptible. Originally the disease was considered to be a wound parasite, obtainingentrance only after the protective rind had been injured by insects or byother processes, such as high trashing. Butler has, however, shown that thefungus may obtain entrance through the embryonic roots. He has alsoobserved the organism as parasitic on the leaves of the cane, and that cuttingsmay be infected through the soil. This disease is specifically associated with the cane, and is not known tooccur on other plants. It has been reported from Java, India, the WestIndies and Hawaii, and may be regarded as Fig. 56 Plate XVII
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