PART II 



INTRODUCTION : 



AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES 



SECTION I.-GENERAL DISEASES 



CHAPTER XV: ROOT DISEASES, 



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 RoselUnia Root Diseases. Sclerotium Rots. Pomes Root Rot 126 



CHAPTER XVI : STEM AND LEAF DISEASES. 



Pink Disease. Thread Blights. Horsehair Blight. Algal Disease 148 



SECTION II.— DISEASES OF PERMANENT CROPS 



CHAPTER XVII : DISEASES OF CACAO. 



Dieback. Diplodia Pod Rot. Phytophthora Pod Rot and 

 Canker. The Surinam Witch-broom Disease. Monilia Pod 

 Rot. Sphaeronema Black Spot and Bark Rot. Anthracnose. 

 "Male" Cacao. Woody Excrescences. {Root Diseases. 

 Algal Disease. Thread Blight. Horsehair Blight — See 

 General Diseases) - - - - - - - - 155 



CHAPTER XVIII : DISEASES OF COCONUT. 



The Red Ring Disease. Bud-rot in general. Bacterial Bud-rot. 

 Bud-rot caused by Phytophthora palmivora. Leaf-stalk Rot 

 caused by Phytophthora parasitica. Stem Bleeding Diseases. 

 Leaf-dwindling or Little-leaf Disease. Bitten-Ieaf Disease. 

 Dieback. Leaf Blight - - - - - - - 177 



CHAPTER XIX : DISEASES OF LIME AND OTHER CITRUS 



TREES. 

 Introduction -----__-__ 19 



Limes. 



Diplodia Dieback. Deficiency Dieback. {RoselUnia Root 

 Disease — see General Diseases). Red Root Disease. Collar 



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