Bul. 1116, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE III. 
INDIVIDUAL RICE KERNELS, SHOWING GERMINATION AFTER SURFACE 
STERILIZATION AND HOT-WATER TREATMENT. 
A, Two kernels of Honduras rice infected with the sclerotial fungus, from a lot which was surface 
Sterilized. B, Kernel treated with hot water and sown at thesametimeasthoseshownin A. 

