PEANUT DISEASES 

 Mineral-Deficiency Symptoms Observed on Peanuts 



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Prepared by H. S. Ward, Jr., associate botanist, Alabama Polyteclinic Institute, and through his 

 courtesy. 



peanuts usually recovered. The condition was believed to be nonparasitic 

 and caused by excessive heat of surface soil after planting. 



Physiological Chlorosis. Chlorosis, apparently neither inherited albi- 

 nism or associated with viroses, has been reported from Somaliland ( 18) 

 and attributed to unfavorable weather and soil conditions. A similar 

 chlorosis has been reported from Texas as "physiological chlorosis" (75). 



