472 BACTERIAL DISEASES OF PLANTS 



Read also Peklo, "Ueber die Smith'schen Rlibentumoren. ' ; 

 Zeitschrift fur Zuckerindustrie in Bohmen. Jahrg. XXXIX, 

 5 Heft, pp. 204-219, Feb., 1915. Deals with both Bacterium 

 tumefaciens and Bacterium beticolum, using cultures sent by the 

 writer to Krai in Prague. 



The crown-gall organism was named Bacterium tumefaciens . 

 by Smith and Townsend in Science, n. s., Vol. xxv, April 26, 1907,/ 

 pp. 671-673. 



