Vegetable and Field Crops 



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PEPPER 



Southern-blight, wilt ^^ {Sclerotium rolfdi Sacc). — Blight 

 shows itself first by a slight drooping of the leaf tips by day, 



liG. 117. — -Pepper plant showing effects of the 

 Southern-bhght. After Fulton. 



followed by night recovery. The wilt becomes more pro- 

 nounced on succeeding days until in the third or fourth day 

 the leaves wilt permanently, lose color, dry, and soon fall. 

 These stages may succeed each other so rapidly as to ap- 

 pear almost simultaneous. The roots appear normal; but 

 on the stem near the ground are found shrunken, dis- 



