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REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL MYCOLOGIST, 



(E. J. F. Shaw, B.Sc.) 



T. Charge and Establishment. 



The Officiating Imperial Mycologist remained in charge 

 of the section throughout the year. There were no changes 

 in the establishment. The Officiating Imperial Mycologist 

 was on tour for 77 days during the year and the First 

 Assistant for 75 days ; the ' uf ra " disease in Eastern 

 Bengal, the wilt of chillies at Peshawar and the recent out- 

 break of " black thread " on rubber plantations in Burma 

 absorbed most of this time. The number of mycological 

 investigations in progress at some distance from Pusa, for 

 Provincial Departments of Agriculture and Forest and 

 Opium Departments, is increasing every year. All the 

 staff have worked well. 



II. Training. 



Babu Jamini Bhusan Sinha, Fieldman in Mycology, 

 Sabour, was under training from December 5th, 1914. 

 Mr. S. L. Ajrekar, B.A., Assistant Professor of Mycology, 

 Poona College, worked in the laboratory from 28th October 

 to 5th November 1914. Mr. B. L. Gupta, B.Sc, of the 

 Reid Christian College, Lucknow, completed a course in 

 Mycology, which he commenced on 11th May 1914, and left 

 Pusa on 8th July 1914. 



III. Diseases of Plants. 



The investigation of the diseases of crops, the collection 

 and identification of Indian fungi and giving assistance to 

 cultivators and officers of the Department formed the prin- 

 cipal work of the section. 



(1) Paddy. The work on " ufra," the nature of which 

 was described in the last annual report, was continued and 

 experiments were conducted at Comilla and at Pusa with a 

 view to the discovery of some remedial measure. Owing to 

 a deficiency of water in the experimental area at Comilla 



