PLATE 5 
Hills of Yellow Dent com, uninoculated and inoculated with C. acremonium. 
Bloomington, Ill., 1922. 
A. —^Hill of. com in the uninoculated control plat grown from nearly disease-free 
seed. Note the absence of suckering, together with normal formation of ears. 
B. t— Hill of com in the inoculation plat (inoculated with C. acremonium) grown 
■from nearly disease-free seed.. Note the number of suckers. 
C. —Hill of com from nearly disease-free, homy seed; plants inoculated with 
C. acremonium. Note normal development of stalks and ear shoots but an excessive 
number of suckers. 
D. —Hill of com from weak, starchy seed; plants inoculated with C. acremonium . 
Note spindly stalks without suckers or ear shoots. 
