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XLIII. SEEDLING STEM BLIGHT OF EGGPLANT 

 Phoma Solani Hals. 



HALSTED, B. D. Some Fungous Diseases of the Egg Plant. N. J. Agl. Exp. 

 Sta. Kept. 12: 277-279. 1891. 



This fungus has much the habit of a damping-off fungus, infest- 

 ing the young seedlings of eggplant near the surface of the ground 

 before they are removed from the hotbed. The diseased portion 



FIG. 1 66. BLIGHT OF SNAPDRAGON; PLANTS AT THE RIGHT AND LEFT, 

 INOCULATED WITH PHOMA HERBARUM (?) : CENTER PLANT, CONTROL 



is first water-soaked in appearance. Later this area shrivels, and 

 the diameter is much less than that of the healthy stem beyond. 

 Infected seedlings seldom survive. The pycnidia are produced 

 abundantly on the drying areas. 



XLIV. PHYLLOSTICTA 



Phyllosticta Paviae Desm. The leaf blotch caused by this fungus 

 is probably the most important malady of the horse-chestnut. The 

 irregular spots develop rapidly as the season advances, and the 

 larger part of the leaf may become involved, from the margin to 



