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Program^me of work for 1911-12. — 1. The systematic 

 investigation of the distribution, physiological character, 

 and functions of soil bacteria in India will be continued. 



2. A special line of enquiry will be taken up as to the 

 relations existing between the practice of green manuring 

 in India and the activities of soil bacteria. 



3. Special problems, such as plant diseases of bacterial 

 origin, will be dealt with as occasion may arise and oppor- 

 tunity permit. 



4. The training of the assistants in the section will be 

 continued. 



Pvhlication. — An article on the influence of Bacteria 

 upon sdil fertility was published in the Agricultural Jour- 

 nal of India, Vol. VI, Part II, April 1911. 



