WHEAT RUINED.
SEED-BORNE INFECTION,
Stalks of wheat infected by wheat scab were shown to those attending yesterday's conference with regard to the dumping duty on flour by Mr James Carr, of Methven; They had been crown in his district, he said, and were typical of a large crop which had been ruined. Wheat grown on the heavier land was affected worst. Mr Hadfield, of the Agriculture Department, was of the definite opinion that the disease was scab, a seed-borne infection, but infected heads, with the corresponding roots, were being sent to Mr Cunningham, Government Mycologist, Wellington. The heads affected were very discoloured, and Mr Carr said the pickles shrivelled up and it was useless to thresh.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18928, 17 February 1927, Page 10
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