UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 727 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 18, 1918 
ANTHRACNOSE OF CUCURBITS 
By 
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M. W. GARDNER, Scientific Assistant 
Cotton, Truck, and Forage Crop Disease Investigations 
CONTENTS 
Scope of the Investigation . Life History of the Causal Organism in 
The Disease Relation to the Disease 
The Causal Organism Control 
Relation of the Fungus to the Host Summary 
Tissue e s es e e e e . se . e s Literature Cited e e . 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
