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Bud-rot, causal OTganifim, rulturul experiments fi 1-120, 103 



description C'1-05 



group characteristics 04-77 



number 70-77 



growth in various media 04-124, 130-140, 103 



See also names of media; as, Agar, Bouillon, etc. 



products of growth 92-101 



reisolation from artificial infections 129-130, 134 



See also Isolation . 



special test reactions for identification 77-92 



summary of characters 130-142 



control of disease, methods and experiments 10, 20, 23, 30, 54-63 



See also Bud-rot, sanitation, 

 diagnosis. See Bud-rot, indications of presence of disease. 



field studies 38-63, 103 



geographic distribution 9, 11-21, 101-102 



indications of presence of disease 10-11 , 



15-20, 22-26, 32-34, 41, 49, 54, 55, 149-153, 157-159, 161 



infectious nature of the disease 38 



See also Infection. 



investigation in the West Indies 11-16, 22-36, 3S-63, 161-163 



isolation of causal organism. See Isolation. 



laboratory and greenhouse studies... 45-46, 63-136, 139, 141-142, 156-159, 163 



occurrence in tropical America 9, 11-18, 101-103 



See also names of countries and places; as, Cuba, Trinidad, etc. 



on palms other than coconut 152-156, 163 



possible occurence in eastern Tropics 9, 11, 18-21, 162 



See also names of countries and places; as, Ceylon, Tahiti, etc. 



progress of infection through host 10, 47, 54, 156-159 



See also Infection. 



sanitation, efficacy in control of disease 14-15, 27, 29, 33, 59-60, 162, 163 



Busck, August, on occurrence of bud-rot in the ^^'e8t Indies 14, 22, 24, 162 



Butler, E. J., on diseases of palms 20, 154-156 



Buzzard, turkey, possible disseminator of bud-rot 51, 52, 53 



Caff ein, inhibition of growth of bud-rot organism 107, 138 



Calcium carbonate, use in testing bud-rot oi^anism 94-96, 99 



chlorid, use in testing bud-rot organism 104-106, 107 



phosphate, presence in normal coconut tissues 115 



Cane sugar. See Sugar, cane. 



Capaldi and Proskauer. See Media, Capaldi and Proskauer. 



Cape Cruz, Cuba, occurrence of bud-rot 12 



Cape Maisi, Cuba, occurrence of bud-rot 12 



Carbohydrates, relation to products of growth of Bacillus coli 76, 145 



See also Saccharose, Sugar, etc. 

 Carbolic acid. See Acid, carbolic. 



Carbon, source for bud-rot organism 104-106. 145 



Cardenas, Cuba, occurrence of bud-rot 12 



Carrot agar. See Agar, carrot. 



Caudell, A. N., on determination of insect species Gl 



Cayman Islands, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 11, 15-16, 162 



Cedros Point, Trinidad, occurrence of bud-rot 33 



Centipedes, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 61 



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