REPORT OF PLANT PATHOLOGIST. 



G. L. PKLTIEn. 



Prof. J. F. Duggar, Director, 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Auburn, Alabama. 

 Sir: 



I am herewith submitting a brief statement relative to the 

 Adams Fund project in the Department of Plant Pathology 

 since my appointment September 1. 



The one project we are working on under this Fund is a 

 study of Citrus Canker. The work of the past few months 

 has been devoted mainly to one phase of the life history of 

 the organism. We are attempting to find whether the organism 

 winters over in the soil on diseased fallen leaves or on diseased 

 leaves on the trees. Not enough time has been devoted to this 

 subject to give any definite information. 



The work this coming season will be devoted to the many 

 unknown points which occur in the life of the Citrus Canker 

 organism. A start will be made in an attempt to find a resistant 

 stock that will supercede Citrus Trifoliata, which is rather 

 susceptible to Citrus Canker, now used entirely as stock for 

 the Satsuma Grower. 



Respectfully submitted, 



GEO. L. PELTIER, 



Plant Pathologist. 



