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Journal oj Agricultural Research 
Vol. XXVIII 
Page 
Barley, leaf rust, Puccinia anomala, aecial 
stages....1119-1126 
Baston, G. H.: Studies of Wheat in Storage, 
and Heat Caused by Insects_1103-1104 
Bean- 
disease, seed-borne, effect of moisture_ 489-497 
foliage burning, insecticides testing- 402 
weevil, four-spotted, control, in chick-peas 
by hydrocyanic-acid gas.. 649-660 
weevils, fumigation_ 347-356 
Beans— 
fertilizer experiments. 972-974 
heating by insects, notes_1105,1114 
navy, growing and yields, in seed-soaking 
experiments.. 490-496 
Bee- 
diseases, literature cited_ 165-168 
larva, morphology. 1167-1208 
larvae, effects of bacterial metabolism 163-164,165 
Bees— 
brood— 
diseases, relation to life history of bee 
larvae.. 130-135,159-164 
food, composition.. 141-142 
foulbrood, causes and development_130-135 
larvae— 
composition at different ages_142-144 
feeding, cocoon-spinning, and quiescent 
stages..159-163 
life history relation to brood diseases_ 
130-135,159-164 
race, sex, and age, relation to foulbrood.. 130-132 
Beetle— 
lady, squash, insecticides_ 401 
powder post, temperatures fatal, determi¬ 
nation. 1033-1038 
Beetles, Japanese, insecticides. 396-402 
Beets— 
age of plants, relation to curly-top suscepti¬ 
bility_....__313-314 
growth and weight, effect of curly-top... 303-304 
inoculation to produce curly-top.. 304-306 
losses from curly-top in California, 1917- 
1920_ 301 
planting early to avoid leafhoppers. 316 
resistant strains to curly-top disease. 317 
sugar, curly-top disease, studies_ 297-320 
Bibliography- 
bee diseases. 165-168 
cereal rusts_718-719 
corn ear molds.... 921-922 
cotton growth diseases_ 897 
curly-top of beets. 318-319 
cyanamid_68-69 
honeybee larva. 1208-1212 
insect anatomy and metamorphosis.33-36 
plant growth factors_ 900-907 
sex studies of fowls. .. 221-224 
sweet corn_ 440-443 
Biguanid— 
nitrate, effect on numbers of bacteria in 
soil. 1165,1166 
nitrification in soils....40,65 
Binding power, soil colloids, factors influenc¬ 
ing. 499-513 
Black spot, delphinium. See Leafspot, bac¬ 
terial, of Delphinium. 
Blackberry, orange rust, uninucleated aecidio- 
spores. 1045-1058 
Blackrot, apple- 
fungus, comparison with fungus of currant 
cane blight. 596-597 
fungus on apple and currant_ 583-588 
review of work... 589-590 
Blemishes, orange, relation to quality- 521 
Blight- 
bacterial, of rye.. 1039-1040 
bean, cause and comparison with wilt_ 490 
Blister rust infection, survey, on pines at 
Kittery Point, Me. 1253-1258 
Blossoming, effect of varying length of day. 447-453 
Blue mold rot, citrus fruits, prevention, 
borax treatment..__ 961-968 
Bolls, cotton- 
dwarfing, effects of crazy-top and other 
diseases... 818-819 
shedding and development, comparisons. 943-952 
Page 
Bones, skull, meadow mouse, description and 
variation. 1001-1009,1014 
Borax, use in treatment of citrus fruits for 
the prevention of blue mold rot.. 961-968 
Bordeaux spray, use against pecan scab. 326-327,329 
Botryosphaeria ribis — 
association with Physalospora malorum on 
currant. 584 
chromogena on apple and currant.. 594-596 
comparison with Physalospora malorum. 596-597 
life history... 590 
on currant and apple__ 589-598 
Botrytis brown rot of strawberries, cause and 
description--- --- 646,647,648 
Bots, ox, observations... 271-274 
Bowman, John J., and Fulton, Harry R.: 
Preliminary Results with the Borax Treat¬ 
ment of Citrus Fruits for the Prevention of 
Blue Mold Rot.... 961-968 
Brachysm, cotton growth disorder. 806-807 
Braham, J. M.: Chemical and Biological 
Studies with Cyanamid and Some of its 
Transformation Products_ 37-69 
Brain, bee larva, description_ 1172-1176,1205 
Brains, composition.. 344 
Bran, heating by Silvanus cassiae .. 1105 
Branching, abnormal, of cotton, effects of 
crazy-top and other diseases.._813-814 
Braun, Harry: A Gradient of Permeability to 
Iodin in Wheat Seed Coats. 225-226 
Breeding- 
chicken experimental study of sex ratio.. 200-220 
corn for improvement__ 435-436 
Brewbaker, H. E.: Brittle Straw and Other 
Abnormalities in Rye.. 169-172 
Briquettes, colloids, making, drying, and 
testing.... 501-511 
Brittle straw, rye, and other abnormalities. 169-172 
Brood diseases, bee, relation to life history of 
bee larvae.. 130-135,159-164 
Brooks, Fred E., and Cotton, R. T.: The 
Cambium Curculio Conotrachelus anaglypt- 
icus . 377-386 
Brotherton, Wilber, Jr.: Gamete Production 
in Certain Crosses with “Rogues" in 
Peas.. 1247-1252 
Brown rot of fruits in America, fungus caus¬ 
ing.. 955-960 
Bruchids, control in chick-peas by fumiga¬ 
tion.... 649-660 
Bruchus— 
obtectus, fumigation methods and results. 347-356 
quadrimaculatus— 
control in chick-peas by hydrocyanic- 
acid gas. 649-660 
fumigation, methods and results_ 347-356 
See Bean weevil, four-spotted. 
Bruchus spp., heat of grain, notes_1105, 
1106,1109-1112,1114-1115 
Brush varieties, indicator of land value_ 101, 
108,109,114,115,117-127 
Bryan, Mary K.: Bacterial Leafspot of Del¬ 
phinium. 261-270 
Buck, J. M., and Creech, G. T.: Studies Re¬ 
lating to the Immunology of Bovine In¬ 
fectious Abortion___ 607-642 
Buckwheat, shrub, indicator of land value 112, 
118,121 
Bud- 
abortion in Pima cotton, non-inheritance. 2041- 
1042 
selection, relation to quality of crop in the 
Washington navel orange__ 521-526 
variations, citrus, progeny tests and per¬ 
formance records... 522-525 
Buds, citrus, progeny propagation and per¬ 
formance records. 523-525 
Buffalo grass, indicator or land value_ 102, 
103,117-121,124 
Bulb rot, Fusarium, of onion and relation to 
environment. 683-694 
Cabbage— 
clubroot infection, relation to temperature 
and moisture.. 553-557 
“hilling up" to control clubroot.... 557-558 
Cacti, indicators of land value. 112, 
118,121,122,127 
