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PREVENTION OF INFECTION 1. Spray store houses or pits with Bordeaux 3–4–50 before storing crop. 2. Dip Kumaras in Bordeaux mixture before storing and allow to dry thoroughly before sorting. 3. After sorting seed for planting in seed beds in the spring again, dip before planting. 4. After pulling plants for setting out in field again, dip and allow to dry before planting. 5. Crop rotation and use of disease free sets should be carried out. 6. Planting out healthy slips into ground that has not grown Kumaras for at least three years or longer if possible is the best means of avoiding infection.

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Te Ao Hou, December 1959, Page 58

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PREVENTION OF INFECTION Te Ao Hou, December 1959, Page 58

PREVENTION OF INFECTION Te Ao Hou, December 1959, Page 58