170 HISTORY AND CAUSE OF THE COCONUT BUD-ROT. 



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Green, malachite, use in testing bud-rot organism 106-107, 138 



Greenhouse, bacterial inoculations of coconut seedlings. . 45-46, 126-136, 139, 141-142 



Greig, W., on occurrence of bud-rot in Trinidad 24, 33, 162 



Groves. See Coconut, groves. 



Gruber, J. W., on occurrence of bud-rot in Jamaica 24 



Gruubaum, A. S., and Hume, E. H., on tests for Bacillus coli 83 



Guapo, Trinidad, occurrence of bud-rot 33, 149 



Guiaaa, British, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 9, 17-18, 26-27, 34, 40, 61, 161, 162 



source of coconut products 160 



Haiti, reported occurrence of coconut bud-rot 18 



Harden, Arthtir, on chemical products of Bacillus coli 98 



Harding, H. A., Jones, L. R., and Morse, W. J., on differentiation of Bacillus 



coli . !'. 145 



Hart, J. H., on occurrence of coconut bud-rot ] 6, 19, 24-25, 33, 162 



Havana, Cuba, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 12-14 



Herford, Max, on Endo's method of identifying Bacillus coli 88 



Hermetia illudens, occurrence on palms affected by bud-rot 51 



Hiss, P. H., medium for growth of bud-rot organism 91-92, 137 



Histologic studies. See Studies, microscopic. 



History of bud-rot investigations 9. 22 



Hondiiras, British, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 9, 16, 161, 162 



source of coconut products , 160 



Home, Mary T., on losses due to bud-rot in Cuba 12 



W. T., on occurrence of bud-rot in Cuba 12, 23, 152, 162 



Hume, E. H., and Grunbaum, A. S., on tests for Bacillus coli 83 



Himter, William, on method of identifying Bacillus coli 82 



Hydrochloric acid. See Acid, hydrochloric. 



Hydrogen sulphid, production by bud-rot organism 93, 137 



India, British, source of coconut products 161 



occurrence of diseases on palms 19-20, 154-156, 162 



Indol, production by bud-rot organism 52, 77, 79, 92-93, 137, 140, 144, 145 



Infection, field studies of bud-rot 38-63, 161 



manner of transmission of bud-rot 156, 163 



methods of transmission of bud-rot 10-11, 38, 48-55, 163 



See also agents of infection; as. Animals, Wind, etc. 



sporadic nature of spread of bud-rot 38, 47-51 



Inoculations, bacterial, of coconut trees 39-46, 



63-64, 104, 126-136, 139, 141, 146, 150, 162, 163 



vegetables 44, 145-146 



fungous, of palm trees 47^8, 150, 155, 162 



Insecticides, application for control of bud-rot 61-63, 162 



Insects, relation to bud-rot 9-11, 



15, 22, 23, 29, 32, 34, 35, 38, 47-54, 61, 63, 146-148, 150, 151, 153, 154, 163 



Introduction to bulletin 9-10 



Investigations of bud-rot in the West Indies 10-16, 22-36 



lodin, Lugol's, xise in testing bud-rot organism 72, 73, 98 



Iron sulphate, application for control of bud-rot 56, 162 



Ischyrua flavitarsis, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 61 



Isolation of bud-rot organism, process of obtaining pure cultures 40, 



43, 44, 63-64, 104, 129-131, 134-136, 139, 141, 142, 144, 163 



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