166 HISTORY AND CAUSE OF THE COCONUT BUD-EOT. 



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Annotto Bay, Jamaica, nonoccurrence of coconut bud-rot 30 



Ants, presence in palms affected by bud-rot 15, 48, 61, 63 



Areca, species of palm subject to disease resembling bud-rot 154-156 



Artemisa, Cuba, occurrence of bud-rot 12 



Asparagin, use in testing bud -rot organism 101-104, 107, 121-122, 138, 139 



Bachiller, Antonio, on occurrence of coconut bud-rot in Cuba 13 



Bacillus amylobacter, relation to coconut bud-rot 39, 151 



coli, causal organism of bud-rot 52-53, 136-142, 163 



See also Bud-rot, causal organism. 



comparison with coconut bud-rot organisms 64-146, 163 



differentiation of various species 53, 140 



effect on tissues, microscopic studies 156-159, 163 



identification tests 53, 77-136, 163 



occurrence in digestive tract of insects 51-53 



summary of characters 137-142 



typhosus, comparison with Bacillus coli 91, 106, 107, 120-122 



Bacteria, cause of bud-rot 9-11, 19, 22, 24-26, 38-48, 52, 55, 63, 151, 163 



effect on tissues, microscopic studies. . 22, 25, 26, 39-46, 55, 151, 156-159, 163 



See also Bacillus and Bud-rot. 



Bahamas, accounts relating to occuiTence of bud-rot 24, 36 



source of coconut products 160 



Balmaseda, F. J., on occurrence of bud-rot in Cuba 13 



Banes, Cuba, occurrence of bud-rot 12, 152 



Baracoa, Cuba, occun-ence of bud-rot 9, 



12, 14, 22, 27-29, 40, 42, 48-49, 51, 01-62, 135, 141-142, 152, 162, 163 



Barrett, O. W., on occurrence of bud-rot in Trinidad 25-26, 32 



Bartlett, A. H., assistance in investigations of bud-rot 34 



Baton, W. U. C, and Longley, F. F., on identification of Bacillus coli 66, 78 



Beef, medium for growth of bud-rot organism. See media; as, Agar, Bouillon, 



Broth, Gelatin, etc. 



Beetles, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 61, 148, 154 



Bessey, E. A., on nonoccun-ence of bud-rot in Florida 36 



Betel-nut, species of palm subject to disease resembling bud-rot 154-156 



Bile-salt agar, MacConkey's. See Agar, MacConkey's bile-salt. 



Birds, possible disseminators of bud-rot 49, 51-53, 163 



Birt, C, on test for Bacillus coli 107 



Blal)era fusca. See Cockroaches. 



Blanford, W. H., on occm'rence of bud-rot in 15ritish Honduras 16 



Bordeaux mixture. See Mixture, Bordeaux. 



Botryodiplodium, association with bud-rot 25, 47, 158-159 



Bouillon, medivun for gi'owth of bud-rot organism 51, 



52, 65, 67, 69-71, 76-79, 82, 85, 87, 91, 93, 94, 109-111, 



114-116, 118, 124-125, 127-134, 142, 143, 145, 153 



Brazil, source of coconut products 160 



British Guiana. See Guiana, British. 



British Honduras. See Honduras, British. 



Broth, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 78, 142 



Bud-rot, attributed to causes other than Bacillus coli 22, 



38-39, 47-48, 146-152, 155, 158-159, 163 



causal organism, characteristics by physical methods 124-126 



comparison with Bacillus coli 52-53, 64-146, 153, 163 



See also detailed features of comparison; as, Acid, 



Color, Gas, Morphology, etc. 

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