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SuS'ir, cane, use in teKtin<^ bud-rut organism 70-71, 101-104, lOG, 138, 139 



grape, use iu testing bud-rut organism 65, G9, 100-101 



relation to growth of bud-rot organism 70-71, 



85-87, 100-lOG, 116-119, 131, 137-139, 142, 144 

 See also (Carbohydrates, Saccharose; and Sugar, grape. 

 Sulphuric acid. See Acid, sulphuric. 



Summary of bulletin 161-163 



Sunlight, effe(;t on growth of bud-rut urganism 126 



Syringe, use in making inoculations of bud-rot 135 



Tahiti, Society Islands, occurrence of coconut bud-rot 20 



Tamayo, Dr., on diagnosis of Uredo coccivoro 39 



Temperature, effect on growth of bud-rot organism 124-125, 138 



Timber, use of coconut logs for buildings 61 



Torre, Carlos de la, on cause of biid-rot 22, 39 



Tree, coconut, structural studies 36-38, 156-157, 162 



frogs. See Frogs, tree. 



Trinidad, occui'rence of bud-rot 9, 



11, lG-17, 24-26, 30-33, 61, 143, 145, 148-150, 161, 162 



source of coconut products 160, 163 



Tropics, eastern, source of coconut products 9-11, 18-21, 152, 159-161, 162 



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



Tubes, fermentation, use in testing bud-rot organism 51, 



52, 65-67, 70, 77, 80-81, 100, 118-119, 127, 129-134, 137-138, 142-144, 153 



Hiss's, medium for differentiating bacilli 91-92 



Turkey buzzard. See Buzzard, turkey. 



Tutuila, Samoa Islands, soiu-ce of coconut products 161 



Urea, use in testing bud-rot organism 119 



Uredo coccivoro, reputed cause of bud-rot 38, 39 



Uschinsky's solution. See Solution, Uschinsky's. 



Vaseline, use in testing bud-rot organism 65-66 



Vegetables, susceptibility to soft rots 44, 145-146 



Venezuela, source of coconut products 36, 160 



Vera Cruz, Mexico, reported occurrence of bud-rot 18 



Washington, D. C, bacterial inoculations of coconut seedlings in greenhouse.. 45^6, 



126-136, 139, 141-142 

 Weather. See Climate. 



Weevils, presence on palms affected by bud-rot 61, 148, 154 



West Indies, investigations of bud-rot 11-16, 22-36, 162 



source of coconut products 160 



\\'et-rot, precursor of central coconut bud-rot 55 



Wind, relation to spread of coconut bud-rot 48, 49 



Witte's peptone. See Peptone, Witte's. 

 Wood lice. See Lice, wood. 



Wounds, relation to infection of bud-rot 156 



See also Inoculations. 

 Wurtz's litmus agar. See Agar, W'urtz's litmus. 



Yumuri, Cuba, occurrence of coconut bud-rot , ^ 22, 28, 51 



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