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Media, Capaldi and Proskauer, use in testing bud -rot organism 107-109, 138 



nitrogen-free, use for growth of bud-rot organism 101-104, 138, 140 



Medium, Eisner's potato, use in testing bud-rot organism 122 



Remy's synthetic, use in testing bud-rot organism 121-122 



Mercuric chlorid. See Chlorid, mercuric. 



Mercury, use in testing bud-rot organism 65 



Merrick, F., on occurrence of coconut bud-rot in Cuba 12 



Methylene blue, use in testing bud -rot organism 65-66 



Mexico, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 18 



Micrococcus, reported cause of bud-rot 39, 151 



Microscope. See Studies, microscopic. 



Milk, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 44, 51, 52, 67, 



77, 78, 92, 94-96, 127-129, 131, 133, 134, 137-138, 142, 143, 144, 145, 153 



Mixture, Bordeaux, application for control of bud-rot 24, 56, 61-63 



Moisture in soil, relation to bud-rot 33, 146-147 



Monocalcium phosphate, use in testing bud-rot organism 115 



Monopotassium phosphate, use in testing bud-rot organism 101-104 



Montego Bay, Jamaica, occurrence of bud-rot 14-15, 16, 23, 30 



Moore, E. W., and Revis, Cecil, on method of identifying Bacillus coli 82 



Morphology of bud-rot organism 64-65, 137 



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



coli 145 



Motility, factor in differentiating bacilli 64, 91 



Muir, Robert, and Ritchie, James, on teste for Bacillus coli 107 



Murrill, W. A., on occurrence of bud-rot in Jamaica 24, 162 



Negri! Point, Jamaica, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 30 



Nessler's solution. See Solution, Nessler's. 

 Neutral red. See Red, neutral. 



New South Wales, source of coconut products 161 



Nicaragua, source of coconut products 160 



Nitrate, use in bouillon for growth of bud-rot organism 51, 



52, 67, 71, 76, 79, 127-130, 131, 133, 134, 142-145, 153 



Nitrites, product of growth of bud-rot organism 71, 



76, 79, 127-131, 133, 134, 137, 143, 144 



Nitrogen, source for bud-rot organism 101, 104-106 



Nitrogen-free media. See Media, nitrogen-free. 



Novy, F. G., on media for the identification of Bacillus coli 91, 122 



Odor, vile, characteristic sign of bud-rot. . 10, 15, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 51, 148-151, 153, 161 



O'Hehir, C. J., on the coagulation of milk by Bacillus coli 94 



Organism, causal, of coconut bud-rot. See Bud-rot, causal organism. 

 Oxalic acid. See Acid, oxalic. 



agar. See Agar, oxalic-acid. 

 Oxygen, effect on growth of bud-rot organism 65-66 



Palms, susceptibility of different species to bud-rot 152-156 



Palmyra, species of palm subject to diseases resembling bud-rot 154-156 



Panama, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 18 



Parietti's solution. See Solution, Parietti's. 



Paris green, application for control of bud-rot 56-58, 61-63 



Peptone, use in testing bud-rot organism 52, 69-72, 75-76, 79-82, 85, 88, 91, 93, 94, 



96, 99, 105-107, 115-116, 118-119, 121, 127, 129-131, 137-140, 142, 144, 153 

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