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Ppptone, Wittc's, uso in testing bud-rot organism 79, 107, 1 15, 121 



Poriplancta australasiao. See Cockroaches. 



Pestalozzia, rclat ion to coconut bud-rot 22, 47, 158-159 



Fetch, T., on bud-rot in Ceylon 19 



Phenol, production by bud-rot organism 92-93, 1 37 



Philippine Islands, occurrence of bud-rot 19, 162 



source of coconut products 160, 161 



Phosphate, disodic, use in testing bud-rot organism 121-122 



Phytophthora, fungus causing a disease of the palm 154-155 



Pigment, nonproduction by bud-rot organism 71, 70, 137 



Pinar del Rio, Cuba, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 13 



Pino, Raphael del, on losses occasioned by bud-rot in Cuba 13 



Plaxton, Dr., on cause of bud-rot 39, 151 



Point d'Or, Trinidad, occurrence of bud-rot 32-33, 149 



Port Antonio, Jamaica, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 24, 30 



Porto Rico, legislation to prevent the introduction of bud-rot 35, 163 



probable nonoccurrence of bud-rot 18, 34-36, 52-53, 162, 163 



source of coconut products 160, 163 



Portuguese Africa, source of coconut products 20, 161 , 162 



Potassium, use of salts in testing bud-rot organism. . . 69, 71, 104-107, 121-122, 138, 139 



Potato, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 71, 72, 75, 77, 114, 122, 138 



Preventives, experimental application to bud-rot 59-63, 163 



See also Bud-rot, control of disease. 

 Proskauer. See Media, Capaldi and Proskauer. 



Pruning, use as method to control bud-rot 54-55 



Pyragra buscki. See Earwigs. 



Pyrogallic acid. See Acid, pyrogallic. 



Pythium, fungus causing a palm disease 155-156 



Ramos, Dr., on fungi as the cause of bud-rot 38 



Rats, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 52, 61 



Recommendations relating to the control of bud-rot 163 



Red, neutral, use in testing bud-rot organism 51, 



52, 67, 69, 71, 80-84, 115, 127-131, 133, 134, 137, 142, 153 



Remedies, experimental application to bud-rot 55-59 



See also Bud-rot, control of disease. 



Remy, L., on tests for Bacillus typhosus 121 



Remy's synthetic medium. See Medium, Remy's synthetic. 



Reptiles, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 47, 61 



Rettger, L. F., on chemical products of Bacillus coli 98 



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



Rhynchophorus palmarum, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 61 



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



Rivas, D., tests for identification of Bacillus coli 79, 85-87, 118, 137 



Rolfs, P. H., on nonoccurrence of bud-rot in Florida ^ 36 



Root, distinction of disease from bud-rot 25, 32, 33 



Rorer, J. B., on occurrence of bud-rot in Trinidad 26, 145 



Rosenberger, R. C, on method of identifjdng Bacillus coli 82 



Rosolic acid. See Acid, rosolic. 



Roth, Emil, on test for Bacillus coli 107 



Roj-al, species of palm affected by disease 152-154, 156 



Ruata, Guide, on method of identifying Bacillus coli 88 



Russell, William, on occurrence of bud-rot in British Guiana 17, 26 



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