. Minnesota plant diseases. Plant diseases. Fig. 156.—Flax wilt. Wilted seedlings. After Bolley. "Upon examination, most of the smaller branch roots are found to be dead, as well as the tap root below the point at which it breaks off. These dead roots and the parts of the tap root already diseased have a very characteristic ashen gray color. Many nearly mature plants, which are attacked late in life, show this dead gray down one side of the tap root only. The leaves, side branches, and a strip of the main stem above this portion are dead, giving a peculiar one-sided blighting, similar to
. Minnesota plant diseases. Plant diseases. Fig. 156.—Flax wilt. Wilted seedlings. After Bolley. "Upon examination, most of the smaller branch roots are found to be dead, as well as the tap root below the point at which it breaks off. These dead roots and the parts of the tap root already diseased have a very characteristic ashen gray color. Many nearly mature plants, which are attacked late in life, show this dead gray down one side of the tap root only. The leaves, side branches, and a strip of the main stem above this portion are dead, giving a peculiar one-sided blighting, similar to the appearance of a tree struck by ; "If the disease is sowed with the seed upon breaking, but a few of the plants are attacked the first year; and, at flowering time, dead plants will be seen to be quite evenly distributed in. 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 Freeman, Edward Monroe, 1875-. Saint Paul, Minn.
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