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Maine Diseases of Forage Crops . To determine (l) most 



important diseases affecting yield, quality, and maintenance 

 of stands of various legumes and grasses, (2) effect of 

 management practices and soil treatments on diseases 

 responsible for loss of stands, especially ladino clover, 

 and (3) susceptibility of varieties of legumes and grasses 

 to the diseases causing loss of stands. 

 PI. Path. 50, Coop. ARS 



Minn. Epidemiology of Leaf Spots and Other Foliage Diseases 



of Crop Plants. — I. Forage Crop Diseases . To gain information 

 on prevalence, etiology, epidemiology, physiologic speciali- 

 zation, and methods of control of diseases of forage crops 

 in order to improve their potential values as farm crops. 

 PI. Path., Bot. 2219-1 



Minn. Epidemiology of Leaf Spots and Other Foliage Diseases 

 of Crop Plants. — III. Soybean and Legume Crops . To study 

 prevalence and distribution of diseases of soybeans and 

 other legume crops. 



PI. Path., Bot. 2219-3 



Miss. Forage and Pasture Crop Breeding . To collect, introduce, 

 isolate by selection, or to develop by hybridization, superior 

 Dallisgrass, Johnsongrass, sorghum x Johnsongrass segregates, 

 ryegrass, and crimson clover for the South. 

 Agron., Crops HC-2 (S-12) Coop. USDA 



Miss. Investigations on Forage Crop Diseases and Their Control . 

 To (1) investigate parasitic and non-parasitic diseases of 

 forage crops in Mississippi and appraise their importance to 

 the farmer; and (2) find control meastires for most important 

 diseases of these crops by meams of protection, eradication, 

 disease resistance, or other methods. 

 PI. Path. HL-15 



Miss. Investigations of Virus Diseases of Forage Crops , (l) Learn 

 what viruses, or virus complexes, are present on forage crops 

 in state, the extent of their range and damage, and study host 

 range, nature, and transmission. (2) Search for practical 

 control measures for more important virus diseases. 

 PI. Path., PI. Physiol. HL-I6, Coop. USDA 



