Wire Stem of Cabbage 



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5.. Any soil moisture favorable for the growth of the host is favorable 

 for the growth of the fungus, as damping-off resulted at the lowest moistures 

 in which the plants would grow. In a few cases, incipient wilting was 

 observed in the checks of the lower moistures, where the percentage of 



Per cent of 

 damping-off 



20 



in 



60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 

 Hours after inoculation 



Figure 11. influence of different soil temperatures and soil moistures on 

 rate of damping-off of cabbage seedlings caused by corticium vagum 

 (table 13, trial x) 



Soil moistures are given as percentages 



