224 DISEASES OF CROP-PLANTS 



mal odour can be detected, and a distinctive fungus is always 

 present. It has been cultivated by Wilson, and the disease 

 reproduced in inoculated limes. 



When the fruit is surface sterilised and left for developments 

 no soft rot takes place, but it gradually dries up and becomes 

 mummified, the exterior blackening and the contents being 

 converted into carbonaceous material mainly constituted of 

 dense black mycelium, in which condition it remains for months 

 if protected from scavenging insects. Attempts to induce spore 

 formation have uniformly failed. 



Anthracnose Spotting. 



See under Anthracnose of Limes and Citrus Anthracnose. 



