By Bénédict Prévost Translated by G.W. Keitt SCROLL DOWN TO ORDER THIS TITLE. This title establishes fundamental scientific ideas and lays the foundation for the theory of germ disease. It is recognized as one of the most significant works in the field of biology. It contains the first recorded experimental demonstrations and interpretations of the role of a microorganism the causation of a disease. 1939; 6" × 9" softcover; 95 pages; 4 illustrations ISBN 0-89054-007-1 Table of Contents Description of bunt of wheat; Physiologic cause of bunt; Description of the bunt plant: its various developments in water and in air; Appearance and progress of bunt in the embryo of the kernel; Studies on the introduction of the bunt plant into that of wheat. Experiments and observations relative to this subject; Some other internal plants whose history may serve to throw some light on the fructification of bunt; The uredo or rust of wheat; The uredos fo couch-grass, asparagus, and garlic; The uredos of bean, sorrel, and darnel; The uredo of rose and that of currant; Reflection on the internal plants whose history we have just sketched; Some uredos or uredineous growths with white dust; Some microscopic plants that nearly always accompany uredos and uredineous growths; Conditions that inhibit the growth or the propagation of bunt, and those that favor them; Some preventives; Effects of copper on the germination and development of bunt; Some effects of copper sulphate and of copper on what dusted and sownn in the open field; Effects of copper acetate and of some other metalic salts or oxides on the germination of bunt; The method of using copper sulphate on a large scale; Limings |
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