. Diseases of cereal and forage crops in the United States in 1921. Grain Diseases and pests United States; Forage plants Diseases and pests United States. " Root, stalk L ear rots 225 Mississippi the cjisease was important locally, being rather severe in Adams County. He estimates that the yield for the state was reduced by 2%, Edgerton calls attention also to the seriousness of the disease in Louisiana. It vras universally prevalent in the state, according to Edgerton, and caused death of leaves and sterility. Edgerton estimated that the reduction in yield for the state was about Ifo. I
. Diseases of cereal and forage crops in the United States in 1921. Grain Diseases and pests United States; Forage plants Diseases and pests United States. " Root, stalk L ear rots 225 Mississippi the cjisease was important locally, being rather severe in Adams County. He estimates that the yield for the state was reduced by 2%, Edgerton calls attention also to the seriousness of the disease in Louisiana. It vras universally prevalent in the state, according to Edgerton, and caused death of leaves and sterility. Edgerton estimated that the reduction in yield for the state was about Ifo. In Texas the rust apparently also did scire damage. Taubenhaus estimates that the loss probably was Ip. In all of the other states, hov/ever, only a trace is reported, although many collaborators comment on the fact that the disease was unusually prevalent during the past season. Root, stalk & ear rots caused by various organisms Corn root, stalk ard ear rots vvere quite prevalent and destructive during the past year. The accompanying map (Pig. 61) shov;s the distribution and the estimated reduction in yield. Frorrme states that in Virginia the. -â ig. 61. of and percentage loss corr. root, stallc ar:d ear rots caused principally by Fusariuia sop. Shaded area indicc^tes region in v:hich the disease is nost important. sjmptoms v/ere not so evident as in previous years, but that the disease v-as present to some extent in all fields and that it was particularly prevalent in the Shenandoah Valley. Valleau comments that in Kentucky the disease is co- extensive v;ith the crop, but that it is extremely difficult to estimate the losses from this type of disease. He states that the injury was serious where. 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 Stakman, E. C. (Elvin Charles), 1885-1979
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