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INDEX 



Diseases of plants, tuberculosis of sugar 



beet, 972 

 leaf spots, 973 



angular leaf spot of cucum- 

 bers, 974 



citrus canker, 973 



larkspur, 975 



plum and peach, 975 



sugar beets, 976 

 rots (black), of cabbage, 978 



of calla lily (soft rot), 984 



of carrots, other vegetables, 

 984 



of cauliflower, 983 



of cocoanut (bud rot), 981 



of hyacinth, 985 



of musk melon, 986 



of orchids (brown rot), 982 



of potatoes (basal stem rot), 

 980 



of sugar beets, 987 



Wakker's hyacinth disease, 979 

 wilts, of cucurbits, 988 



egg plant, 990 



Irish potato, 990 



sweet corn, 989 



tobacco, 990 



tomato, 990 

 predisposition to, 685 

 protection against (See protection), 



688 



transmitted in food, 582 

 of vinegar, 647 

 of wine, 608 

 Disinfectants, 288 

 acids, 292 

 alcohols, 293 

 alkalies, 292 

 classification of, 291 

 essential oils, 294 

 formaldehyde, 294 

 gases, 294 

 hydrocarbons, 294 

 mode of action, 288 

 salts, 292 

 Disinfection, 771 



Disinfection, concurrent, 771 



curve of, 289 



factors influencing, 290 



terminal, 772 

 Dispora caucasica, 510 

 Disposal of factory refuse (canning), 



540 



Dissemination of microorganisms, 677 

 Dissociation (See ionization), 158 

 Distribution of bacteria in soil, 368 

 Division, nuclear, direct, 34 



general, 28 



indirect, 28 



in molds, 43 

 Dorset-Niles (hog cholera) serum, 733, 



746 



Dourine, 888 

 Droplet infection, 665 

 Drosophylla cellaris, 648 

 Drought in soil, 348 

 Drying of foods, 516 



carbohydrates, 521 



fats, 522 



methods of, 519 



proteins, 523 

 Duke's disease, 855 

 Dust, infection from, 665 



influence in milk, 439, 443 

 Dysentery, amoebic, 876 



antiserum for, 747 



bacillary, 816 

 Dyticus pisanus, 919 



EAST coast fever, 896 

 Ectoplasm, 19 



protozoa, 125 

 Egg plant, wilt of, 990 

 Eggs, dried, 523 



refrigerated, 547 

 Eimeria avium, 138 



stiedae, 889 

 Electrical conductivity (See ionization), 



. 

 Electricity, influence of, 282 



Electrolyte, 159 

 Electrolytic solution, 158 



