1)1(11(1)1(1 f '1(1)1 1 niftrafics. 191 



?iritcli(>ll :iii<l ill ("l:irk (•(Hiiil.v w licrc a (Irciicliin^- .•i|iiilif!i(i()ii of l-C f.d 

 r.drdi'iiiix \v;is usimI in lihilcli ((Hid-ol wdrk. 



Tiic Fiis.-ii'iiiiii will is ;i vcM'.v simmimis i.rni.jciii for llic (lorisls of ilic state 

 and is of ratlicr liciici-al oceurrcncr. 



BARLEY. 



r.actorial hlif,'lit caused liy li(i(i<rh(iii h(tnslucci(s was noted May 'J(» 

 near Lafayette. IfcltniiifJiosporiidii Icrcx. If. ornmincum. ir. sdlinoii and 

 Nh./nchosporiuin sccaUx were noted near T,afayette by Dr. A. CI. Jolinson 

 June 10. 



Loose smut (UstUago nuda) was reported by F. J. Pipal as severe in 

 some fields. Stem rust was found in one field in Lake county. 



Bacterial lili.siht caused by I'-seiidoinoiKis pliascoli was tbe most .serious 

 disease of this crop and was exceptionally severe this year lioth on foliage 

 and pods. It was prevalent in the Indianapolis market sardons and was 

 also noted near Kokomo. Wanatah. Plymoiith. Hammond and Canipbells- 

 burg. Blight also was found severe on the foliage and pods of a row of 

 Lima beans adjacent to a row of badly blighted kidney beans. 



Mosaic was generally present In most gardens observed, but not as a rule 

 on a high percentage of the plants until late in the season. 



lioot rot duo to a Fusarium species was noted early in the season causing 

 the death of scattered plants in market gardens. Rust (Uromyccs appen- 

 diculatus) was found in fields near Plymouth and Wanatah. No anthrac- 

 nose was noted. 



Leaf-spot of Lima bean due to Phi/n(j.sticl(i phascoliHa was very prev- 

 alent and destructive in gardens near Indianapolis and Lafayette. 



Leaf-spot caused by Cercospo)-a heticola was not at all common this year 

 and was noted only at Goshen late in the fall. A crown rot caused by 

 Rhizoctonia invasion through growth cracks and broken leaf bases was 

 found in the sugar beet crop about Hammond. 



Nematode root-knot caused by IIcie)-(Mlcr(i i-ndivicola was found in muck 

 soil near Goshen and badly affected plants were stunted and worthless. 

 An area of several acres in the celery marsh near that city has lieen m- 

 fested with nematodes and rendered unfit for truck crops for at least 

 six years. 



BLACKBERRY. 



I'ipal reports that orange rust {Gyinnoconia occldana) destroyed one 

 pbmting in Posey county. Anthracuose caused by Plectodiscclla veticta was 



