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Papaya. 



Inoculations with the strain isolated from this host were quite successful 

 on mature papaya trees, both wounded and unwounded. The wound inocu- 

 lations were done in the following way : — A piece of the stem was removed 

 under sterile conditions, and part of a culture of the fungus was placed in the 

 cavity. After replacing the piece, the place was covered with a moist pad of 



