. The fungi which cause plant disease . Plant diseases; Fungi. THE FUNGI WHICH CAUSE PLANT DISEASE 623 tapering, obtuse, basally dark-brown, slightly constricted at the septa, 5 to 9 times cross-septate and 0-5 times longitudinally septate. It causes injury on carnation leaves and stems. A. solani (E. & M.) Jones & Grout. '"• ^''''"'-'" Spots brown, circular to elliptic, concentrically zonate, amphige- nous, irregularly scattered over the leaf surface; mycelium. Fio. 422.—A. solani, 2, spores germinating and penetrating the living potato leaf; 5, showing cateuulatiou of


. The fungi which cause plant disease . Plant diseases; Fungi. THE FUNGI WHICH CAUSE PLANT DISEASE 623 tapering, obtuse, basally dark-brown, slightly constricted at the septa, 5 to 9 times cross-septate and 0-5 times longitudinally septate. It causes injury on carnation leaves and stems. A. solani (E. & M.) Jones & Grout. '"• ^''''"'-'" Spots brown, circular to elliptic, concentrically zonate, amphige- nous, irregularly scattered over the leaf surface; mycelium. Fio. 422.—A. solani, 2, spores germinating and penetrating the living potato leaf; 5, showing cateuulatiou of spores. After Jones. light-brown; conidiophores erect, septate, 50-90 x 8-9 /i; conidia obclavate, brown, 145-370 x 16-18 fi with 5 to 10 transverse septa, longitudinal septa few, conidia terminating in a very long hyaline, septate beak J^ the length of the conidium or longer. It causes early blight, a leaf spot disease of potatoes and toma- toes,'*^ and is widely prevalent. It was first described in 1882 in America but is now known to be widely destructive.*'^ On potatoes it was first recorded by Galloway in 1891. In 1891 also Ches- ter '*^ and Galloway **® proved its pathogenicity by inoculations on. 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 Stevens, Frank Lincoln, 1871-1934. New York : Macmillan


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