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A study of Bacillus aroideae, Townsend, the cause of a soft rot of tomato, and B. carotovorus Jones

dc.contributor.authorMassey, Arthur B.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiologyen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-07T15:31:20Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-07T15:31:20Zen
dc.date.issued1924en
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION In the summer of 1918, at Blacksburg, Virginia, there developed a considerable amount of a soft rot of tomatoes. This occurred in experimental plots which were designated to study the control of septoria leaf blight, and the soft rot of the fruit developed into an important factor. In describing these experiments Fromme (2) states: "Practically all of the unsoundness of the fruit was caused by bacterial soft rot, a disease which is exceedingly common and often very destructive in tomato fields in Virginia." Isolations from diseased fruits made by S. A. Wingard proved a bacterium to be the causative agent. Its growth in pure culture resembled that of the group of bacteria which causes soft rots of plants but it could not be readily assigned to any of the described species of this group. There has been only casual mention of a bacterial soft rot of tomato in literature, and the distinguishing features of the organisms which might be responsible have not been as sharply defined as is desirable. It was decided, therefore, to undertake comparative studies of the organism in question together with some of the non-chromogenic soft rot forms.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent460-477 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65074en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 29450153en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1924.M377en
dc.subject.lcshTomatoes -- Disease and pest resistanceen
dc.titleA study of Bacillus aroideae, Townsend, the cause of a soft rot of tomato, and B. carotovorus Jonesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineBiologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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