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MISCELLANEOUS 



CARNATION ANTHRACNOSE (VOULUTELLA DIANTHi) (aTK.) 



This disease is quite widely distributed, but does 

 not seem to be as serious a pest as formerly. It attacks 

 the lower leaves, especially those parts more or less in 

 contact with a damp soil. The affected parts are pale and 

 dotted with minute black areas which are the fruiting bodies. 

 This disease is more severe in the cutting bench, injuring 

 the cuttings so that they cannot be used. On the older 

 plants if allowed to go unchecked the fungus will spread 

 very rapidly, and so weaken the plant that the production 

 of flowers will be materially checked. This disease can be 

 checked by proper drainage and ventilation. 



