174 HISTORY AND CAUSE OF THE COCONUT BUD-ROT. 



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Saccharose, use in testing bud-rot organism 70-71, 76, 77, 81, 83, 137, 145 



See also Sugar. 



Salt, effect on bud-rot organism 56, 



72, 79, 88, 91, 94, 100-104, 107, 111-113, 115, 121-122, 138, 139, 146-147 



Samoa Islands, source of coconut products 161 



Sanitation. See Bud-rot, sanitation. 



Santiago de Cuba, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 12 



Savage, W. G. , on tests for Bacillus coli 65, 75, 79, 94 



Savanna la Mar, Jamaica, occurrence of bud-rot 14, 30 



Scale, insect, relation to coconut bud-rot 22, 23, 29, 48 



Schwarz, E. A., on determination of insect species 61 



Scruel, M., on tests for Bacillus coli 87, 96, 98 



Seasons. See Climate. 



Signs of bud-rot. See Bud-rot, indications of presence. 



Smith, Erwin F. , investigations of coconut bud-rot 9, 



14, 22, 27, 35, 39, 51, 94, 140, 142, 144, 162 



Theobald, on tests for Bacillus coli 77, 100 



Snakes, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 61 



Soda, caustic. See Sodium hydroxid. 



Sodium asparaginate, use in testing bud-rot organism 101-104, 138, 139 



carbonate, use in testing bud-rot organism 88 



chlorid. See Salt. 



hydroxid, use in testing bud-rot organism 65-66, 85, 118 



solution, use in testing bud-rot organism 121-122 



taurocholate, use in testing bud-rot organism 82, 83 



Soil, condition as reputed cause of bud-rot 9, 33, 34, 146-147, 151 



Solomon Islands, source of coconut products 161 



Solution, Cohn's, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 113-114, 138 



Dunham's, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 51, 52, 



67-69, 78, 79, 85, 86, 92-94, 100-101, 111-113, 138, 139, 144, 145 



Fehling's, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 85, 86, 87, 100, 131 



Fischer's mineral, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 93-94, 



104-106, 138, 139 



Nessler's, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 93 



Parietti's, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 78, 79 



Uschinsky's, medium for growth of bud-rot organism 113, 138 



South America, source of coconut products 160-161 



Spraying, treatment for control of bud-rot 24, 56, 61-63, 162 



Stains, use in morphological studies of bud-rot 64 



Starch, use in testing l)ud-rot organism 71, 72-75, 76, 137, 139, 140 



Stein, Pflanzer, on occurrence of bud-rot in German East Africa 20 



Stockdale, F. A., on diseases of the coconut palm 17, 25, 32-33, 148-150, 162 



Stoddart, plate medium for growth of bud-rot organism 91, 92, 137 



Stomata, relation to infection of Inid-rot 156, 163 



Stone, B. H., on method of identifying Bacillus coli 78 



Strainer rot. See Wet-rot. 



Structure of coconut tree, studies 36-38, 156-157, 162 



Studies, microscopic, of coconut V;ud-rot 22, 



25, 26, 39-46, 55, 72, 127, 129, 150, 151, 156-159, 163 

 Succinic acid. See Acid, succinic. 



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