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IX. llelation of transpiration ratio and absorption 

 of food materials ...... 



X. Programme of work for 1916-17 



XI. Publications ....... 



IV. Report of the Imperial Economic Botanists — 



I. Introduction ...... 



II. Investigations at Pusa .... 



(1) Wheat 



Pusa 12 ..... 



Pusa 4 ..... 

 Shipments of Pusa 12 and Pusa 



to England . . . 



Other wheat investigations 



(2) Tobacco 



(3) Indigo ...... 



(4) Gram ...... 



(5) Oilseeds ..... 



(6) Soil-aeration ..... 



(7) Surface drainage .... 



III. The development of the agriculture of Balu 



chistan ...... 



(1) Water-saving .... 



(2) The improvement of fodder production 



(3) Fruit investigations 



IV. Programme and publications 



(1) Programme of work for 1916-17 



(2) Publications ..... 



V. Report of the Imperial Mycologist — 



I. Charge and establishment 

 II. Training and visitors 

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(1) Paddy diseases 



(2) " Tokra " of tobacco and mustard 



(3) Black thread of rubber . 



(4) Opium poppy blight 



(5) Rliizoctonia on jute and sugarcane 



(6) Anthracnose of peppers . 



(7) Plantain diseases 



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