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Plate III. 



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Individual Rice Kernels, Showing Germination After Surface 

 Sterilization and Hot-Water Treatment. 



A , Two kernels of Honduras rice infected with the sclerotial fungus, from a lot which was surface 

 sterilized. B, Kernel treated with hot water and sown at the same time as those shown in A . 



