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BLUE MQLZP 

 CONTROL 



money and 

 seased crops 



fail lo bring returns. Blue r 

 illustration) is an outstanding disease prob- 

 lem throughout the flue-cured tobacco 

 area. It attacks the plants in the seedbed 

 and may weaken them and delay trans- 

 planting, or kill the plants outright. 



Prevent Plant Loss 



growers 



In 1942 mai 



large part of their plants from a combination 

 of frost and blue mold. Most serious dam- 

 age occurred in Georgia, where 80 percent 

 of the plants were killed, but the situation 

 was more or less critical throughout South 

 Carolina and North Carolina and in some 

 parts of Virginia and Tennessee. Plant -bed 

 tests in all flue-cured tobacco areas showed 

 that it is practicable to protect plants 

 effectively from both frost and blue mold 



Treat h 



Blue Mold 





Gas an 



d spray treatments give 



equally 



effective 



esults if used properly. 



It is by 



terials will be available in all areas 



and the 



control method selected may depend on the 



material 



vailable. 





Purchase 



Materials Now 





In vie\ 



v oi the scarcity of supplies and 



the need 



for planning production 



well in 



advance, 



tobacco growers will do 





purchase 



materials required for b 



ue mold 



control w 



thout delay. 







