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Prevention of " Bunt " in Wheat. 



[Feb., 



and of ' ' bunted 

 obtained : — 



ears." The following table shows the results 



Table showing percentage of " Bunted " ears in a 32-acre field of Red Standard 

 Wheat, Wye College Farm, 1918.' 

 No. of Healthy Ears No. of " Bunted " Percentage of 

 hi the Sheaf. Ears in the Sheaf. "Bunted" 'Ears. 



Position in 

 Field. 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



1,380 

 1,180 

 753 

 1.080 

 1,265 

 1,330 

 1,405 

 1,290 

 1,694 

 1,095 

 1,520 

 1,385 

 1,294 

 1,230 

 1,216 

 1,428 

 1,287 

 1,007 



375 

 107 

 77 

 150 

 212 

 127 

 275 

 160 

 132 

 252 

 25 

 40 

 6 

 23 

 20 

 17 

 16 

 43 



21-4 



8- 3 



9- 3 

 12-2 

 14-4 



8-8 

 16-4 

 11-0 



7-2 

 18-7 



1- 6 



2- 8 



0- 5 



1- 8 

 1-6 

 1-2 

 1-2 

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Plan of Field : Showing positions from which sheaves were taken. 



*iMr. P. K. Dey, M.Sc. (who was then working in the Mycological 

 Laboratory at Wye College) carried out this work, and the authors of the 

 present paper wish to express their thanks to him for the help given. 



