. The relation of applied science to sugar production in Hawaii. Sugar growing. 48 upward in its tissues and may extend through nearly the re sheath before it has forced an entrance at any point to the I leaf-sheath within. A leaf whose sheath has become af- fected with the fun- suit, hut does not drop away from the cemented very secure- ly to the leaf-sheaths within. Thus the fungus works its wav into the tightly-packed roll of leaf-sheaths w h i e h surround the young stem - tip, cementing these together into a rigid cone. The leaf- sheaths on a young shoot are naturally verv firmly attached
. The relation of applied science to sugar production in Hawaii. Sugar growing. 48 upward in its tissues and may extend through nearly the re sheath before it has forced an entrance at any point to the I leaf-sheath within. A leaf whose sheath has become af- fected with the fun- suit, hut does not drop away from the cemented very secure- ly to the leaf-sheaths within. Thus the fungus works its wav into the tightly-packed roll of leaf-sheaths w h i e h surround the young stem - tip, cementing these together into a rigid cone. The leaf- sheaths on a young shoot are naturally verv firmly attached to the stem by their base*, and when the fungus cements them together over the tip of the stern this ten- der member is sceure- 1v confined within an inflexible s t: r a i g h t jacket from which it cannot possibly es- cape. It usually dies long before the my- celium has reached it. because its natural growth and elonga- tion are forcibly stopped. If one splits open voting >hoots which are well within ' the <lis-. "XIOOO Gnomonia itiau. tlie grasp ease, thev often find. 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 Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Experiment station. Honolulu
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