THE WILT DISEASE OF PIGEON-PEA. 5 
The inoculation was made by sprinkling the soil with the 
culture broken up in distilled water. 
No. of plants. Treatment. Date of sowing and Result. 
inoculation. Remarks, 
7 plants in 4 pots. | [noculated | Sown 2-3-05. {nocula-| No deaths! O n April 10th 
wa fa eab- ted 8-3-05. up to made the number 
t r rom Jul 5. 
aes uly 05 of plants up to 6 
in each pot with 
germinated seed- 
lings. 
10 plants in 4 pots. | Not inoculated | Sown 2-3-05. he 
(co trol), 2) 099 ” ” ” 9 
As in the previous experiment cultures from Nectria asco- 
spores failed to produce the disease. 
Series LV. 
The culture was obtained as in Series I, the colony taken from 
the plate bemg one of a large number bearing Cephalosporium 
spores. 
The plants formed part of two long rows growing in a field plot 
and about a month old. 
The inoculation was made as in Series II above. 
No. of plants. Treatment. Date of inoculation. Result. 
100 Inoculated with 
Cep halosporium 
originating from 
the surface of a 
wilted pigeon-pea 
8 plants had wilted by 
6-10-03 when observa- 
Last week of August 
03. tions ceased. 
root, 
Remainder of the rows | Not inoculated No death 
(several hundred). (control), | oaentee. 
This experiment, so far as it goes, agrees with the results 
obtained in Series I. | 
