Massachusetts 

 agricultural experiment station 



BULLETIN 348 MARCH 1938 



Control of the Begonia Leaf-Blight 

 Nematode 



By E. F. Cuba and C. J. Gilgut 



The leaf-blight nematode is a major pest of certain winter-flowering begonias 

 in greenhouses in Massachusetts. Affected plants are of inferior sale value 

 or a total loss. This bulletin describes a practical method of control. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



