CHAPTER XXIV 



COTTON FUNGOUS AND OTHER DISEASES OF 

 COTTON 



380. Cotton wilt or black-root (Neocosmospora vasin- 

 fecta). This disease shows itself at any time after the 

 cotton plants are about 6 inches high. It is most preva- 



FIG. 180. COTTON PLANTS ATTACKED BY WILT. 



lent and destructive while they are loaded with blooms 

 and bolls. Some of the diseased plants suddenly wilt, and 

 these may die in a few days (Fig. 180). Wilting is first 

 shown by the young and tender leaves at the top of the 

 plant. Other diseased plants show a dwarfed, unhealthy 



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