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  • Bacteria concerned in the making of salt-rising bread. 

    Woodward, Winona (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
    Salt-rising bread is a kind of leavened bread, which is made light not by the introduction of yeast, as with yeast cakes or by mechanical aeration or by carbon dioxide liberated from chemical compounds, such as baking ...
  • Cytological studies on the zygospores of Sporodinia grandis 

    Keene, Mary Lucille, 1888- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
    In recent years much interest has been aroused in the cytology of the lower fungi, and considerable work has been done upon these forms. While various members of different groups have been studied, the most definite results ...
  • Infection experiments with Puccinia helianthi Schw 

    Monroe, Elizabeth (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    "Sunflower seedlings were grown in four or five inch flower pots. The seed was obtained from Henry A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, J.M. Thorburn and Co., of New York, Rev. J.M. Bates, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, E. Bartholemew, of ...
  • Influence of some external conditions upon infection of hosts with powdery mildews 

    Overholser, E. L. (Earle Long), 1888-1949 (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
    It has long been observed that one condition or another of the environment is favorable to the perpetuation and spread of fungous diseases. For example, it is very easy to recognize the close relation which exists between ...
  • Influence of various factors, principally transpiration, upon infection of wheat and barley plants by the powdery mildew 

    McGill, Helen Louise (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
    Erysiphe Graminis is the powdery mildew which grows upon the Gramineae (Grass family). Something like fifty-five species of the family are affected by this fungus. Among these species are the cereals wheat, barley, oats, ...
  • Physiological studies on Monascus 

    Mundy, Emma Bee (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
    Moldy silage, because of its economic importance, has attracted considerable attention in the last few years. Certain molds, because of their general and frequent occurrence and peculiar characteristics have become of ...
  • Physiological studies on parasitic fusaria with special reference to fusarium lycopersici saccardo 

    Neumann, Eleanor Henrietta (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
    Text from pages 2-3: "Tomato Wilt, Bacterial Wilt, and Septoria Leaf Spot are the most important diseases of this plant. My studies have been with the organism causing tomato wilt, Fussarium lycopersici Sacc."
  • A preliminary list of the rusts of Boone County 

    Bennett, J. P. (James Percy), 1886-1975 (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
    A complete list of the rusts of Boone County has not been published. In the year 1889 Dr. B.T. Galloway of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, published a preliminary list of the parasitic fungi of Missouri. The specimens ...
  • The relation of the size of seed to the character of plant produced 

    Megee, Clive Raymond (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    Text taken from pages 1 and 2 of this thesis: During the past fifty years a number of investigators have reported results on the relative value of heavy and light or large and small seed grain. Each investigator has devised ...
  • Some biological and chemical effects of sulfur upon plant growth and upon the soil 

    Duley, Frank Leslie (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
    Abstract taken from the concluding paragraph of the Introduction to this thesis: ... The discovery of the fertilizing value of sulfur by accident in the application of sulfur to plants as a fungicide, has led several ...
  • Some experiments on the toxicity of various chemicals to monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc. 

    Kunkel, Louis Otto (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
    The influence of the mineral nutrients upon growth has been the subject of much investigation. It has been found that certain of these are absolutely necessary to all life. Nevertheless, most, if not all, of the chemical ...
  • Some Fusaria found on the cowpea, watermelon and carnation 

    Johann, Helen (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    Text from page 1: The economic importance of the Fusarium problem affords a sufficient reason for the study of this genus of fungi. Various wilts, rots and blights are caused by parasitic and saprophytic Fusaria. It is ...
  • Variations and correlations in wheat 

    Smith, John Barclay (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    Text from page 1: The point especially sought for in this investigation is the relation between mixed populations and pure lines of the same variety. It is desired to know whether a character is more or less variable or ...