Play all audios:
ABSTRACT THE Technical and Scientific Service of the Ministry of Agriculture for Egypt has recently issued a most valuable Bulletin on “Egyptian Plant Diseases: a Summary of Research and
Control” (Bull. No. 146, Govt. Press, Bulaq, Cairo. Price P.T. 5. 1935). Mr. G. Howard Jones, director of the Ministry's Mycological Section, has written the text, which is a discussion
of Egypt's position in relation to plant diseases, with a list of those which have occurred up to the present. Desert on three sides, and the sea on the fourth, render that country a
somewhat isolated region, whilst the flooding of the Nile and the regularity of the seasons are further peculiarities. Rigid plant quarantine is one of the most effective methods of
controlling fungus diseases in such an area. Research work has been directed to the investigation of individual diseases, the selection and testing of resistant host plants, the effects of
differing level of the soil water table, and the progressive simplification of disease control. The last-mentioned question is of vital importance, not only in Egypt, but wherever busy
farmers have to control disease in their crops. Seed disinfection with dusts is preferable to hot water treatment or to the use of liquid fungicides. The preparation of Bordeaux mixture is a
very complicated process, so much simpler spray fluids are being developed. Eight reproductions of illustrated posters, with descriptions in the native language, are included in the
Bulletin. One feels that Mr. Howard Jones and his colleagues really understand the situation in Egypt, and are doing their best to control the more serious diseases. The greater part of the
publication is devoted to the list of diseases of crop plants, arranged according to their hosts, whose names appear in alphabetical order. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are
calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and
permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Plant Diseases in Egypt. _Nature_ 136, 509 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136509b0 Download citation * Issue Date: 28 September 1935 * DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1038/136509b0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently
available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative