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IV. Report of the Imperial Economic Botanists — 



I. Introduction 

 II. Investigations at Pusa 



(1) Wheat 



Pusa 12 

 Pusa 4 



The quality of Pusa wheat 

 Wheat-breeding 

 The effect of soil temperature on develop 

 ment 



(2) Tobacco 



(3) Fibres 



(4) Indigo 



(5) Gram 



(6) Oil-seeds 



(7) Soil-aeration 



III. The Development of the Agriculture of Balu 

 chistan ..... 



(1) The saving of irrigation water 



(2) The improvement of fodder production 



(3) The sun-drying of vegetables . 



(4) Fruit-packing .... 



(5) The propagation of fruit trees 

 IV. Programme and Publications . 



(1) "Programme of work for 1917-18 

 (2) Publications 



V. Report of the Imperial Mycologist — 



I. Charge and establishment 

 II. Training 

 III. Mycological Conference 

 IV. Diseases of plants 



(1) Paddy diseases 



(2) " Tokra " of tobacco and mustard 



(3) Phytophthora investigations 



(4) Rhizoctonia and other sclerotial diseases 



(5) Anthracnose of chiUi and pulses 



(6) " Tikka " disease of groundnut 



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