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subject to attacks on a large scale by a disease believed to be due 

 to the infestation of the roots and rootstock with a nematode 

 worm, Tylenchus musicola, recently described as a new species 

 from Grenada material by N. A. Cobb. The bluggoe is probably 

 identical with the moko of Trinidad, but the disease under 

 description is quite distinct from the bacterial disease of the moko 

 described by J. B. Rorer The closely related eelworm, Tylenchus 



Fig. 95 Tylenchus Similis 



Afler N. A. Cobb 



similis Cobb, was described as the cause of a serious outbreak 

 of a disease of bananas in Fiji, in 1890-gi, by N. A. Cobb, and has 

 been found by S. F. Ashby in Jamaica in association with a 

 disease similar to the one in Grenada. 



Symptoms. 



The disease affects the development of shoots of all ages, 

 but is most evident on those that are approaching or have 



