«CURE'S^FOR POTATO BLIGHT. HOPE IN THE-SUNLIGHT TREATMENT. ■; Mr. D. M'Alpine, Vegetable Patholo- ; gist to. the Victorian Government, has : ' beenV experimenting with . tho drying' .process: for stamping out Irish Blight »n '-potatoes ; (l'hytophthora infestans), and. 'a recent newspaper paragraph States'that seed potatoes subjected to a temperature of between 120 and 130 • degrees Fahr.,. planted'on an area at 'Burnley Horticultural Gardens, grew Equally as. well' as untreated. potatoes ; alongside.'' ■ , ■ ■ ■ ■ Jensen has for many years advocated the treatment of seeds by heat to destroy, fungi- Mr. M'Alpines process ' requires-.'exposure of tho potatoes to the high temperature for four hours— a period which would no doubt present difficulties if-the. work were to bo.-dono on a commercial scale. Observations mads'-m 'the New South VVai.es
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 10
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119Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 10
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