Losses to cotton, what to look for and where to find it, being one of a series of articles in relation to crops, their common diseases and insect pests to which they are subject . rmations, blights, leaf and stem deterioration, root decay,and general sai)ping of plant vitality and inmiaturity or dis-ease infection of bolls. Such infections are manifested by the rotting of rootsystems and a tendency to re-root above the infected parts,by spots and holes on the leaves, by discoloration and de-cay of the veins and stems, and by the rotting of bolls andlocks. The infections have been given various
Losses to cotton, what to look for and where to find it, being one of a series of articles in relation to crops, their common diseases and insect pests to which they are subject . rmations, blights, leaf and stem deterioration, root decay,and general sai)ping of plant vitality and inmiaturity or dis-ease infection of bolls. Such infections are manifested by the rotting of rootsystems and a tendency to re-root above the infected parts,by spots and holes on the leaves, by discoloration and de-cay of the veins and stems, and by the rotting of bolls andlocks. The infections have been given various local names,most of them derived from some characteristic of the in-jury inflicted. xVs they will be conunonly encountered undersuch designations, they are here described under thosetitles, all of which might be generally termed soil-sick orcotton-sick conditions. Cotton Wilt, or Frenching The cotton wilt, now widely distributed and yearlyl^re-em]jting more territory, is caused by a fungus thatplugs the water ducts in the veins of the stem and cuts offthe water supply to the parts above, always reducing thevii>or of the ])lant and usually causing s])eedy death. Soil 20. 21
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