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7. On a Fungoïd Disease in the Roots of Cucumis sativa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

A. B. Griffiths
Affiliation:
Principal and Lecturer on Chemistry and Biology, School of Science, Lincoln; Member of the Physico-Chemical Society of St Petersburg, &c
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A considerable amount of work has been performed in investigating the nature of the nodular outgrowths upon the roots of various plants. One of the earliest observations in this direction was by Naegeli in 1842, who found that the swellings upon the roots of Iris were caused by a parasitic fungus.

Type
Proceedings 1887-88
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1889

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note * page407 See later on in this paper.

note † page407 See Dr Griffiths' papers in Chemical News, vol. liii. p. 255, vol. 1. p. 193, vol. lv. p. 276, vol. lvi. p. 84 ; Chemiker Zeitung, No. 47 ; Journal Chemical Society, 1886, p. 114.