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Author : D. McAlpine
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ISBN 13 : 9781332783076
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Systematic Arrangement of Australian Fungi written by D. McAlpine and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Systematic Arrangement of Australian Fungi: Together With Host-Index and List of Works on the Subject There can be no doubt that many of the Fungi on our native vegetation will attack introduced plants, and it would be very desirable, both in the interests of science and of practical utility, to have a record of the Fungi preying upon our native plants. I have seen some of our richest soils with the decaying roots of Eucalypts and the mycelium of Fungi passing from them to the roots of orchard trees and causing their decay. The Host-index should serve various useful purposes. First of all, it will enable the intelligent grower to determine with some degree of certainty the cause of the disease when it is due to a Fungus, and that is often the first step towards its eradication. Thus, if his Peach trees are affected with some Fungus disease on the leaves, he turns up the Index and finds two Fungi recorded there. He then turns to the General Characters in the Systematic Arrangement and can easily tell whether it is the Peach-leaf Rust or the Leaf-curl. Or if his Cabbages and Cauliflowers begin to turn yellow and the roots become distorted, he finds from the Index that it is due to a Fungus, a knowledge of which enables him to battle with the disease. Having traced the disease to its source, he may find treatment already prescribed in some of the Government publications, or can apply to the Department for advice. If there is no record of the disease in the Index, then the grower knows it is a subject requiring investigation. Further, the Host-index may be used in assisting growers to spot diseases due to Fungi before they have spread too far and become established. A great many Fungus diseases are overlooked for a number of years and allowed to spread freely before active measures are taken for their suppression, and thus what might have been easily nipped in the bud is now difficult to eradicate; so that another important use of this publication will be to enable Fungus diseases to be recognised at the earliest possible moment and action taken accordingly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.