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IT is sometimes a little difficult to attain true perspective in a science like plant pathology, where facts are accumulated in a manner necessarily fragmentary and sporadic. Diseases never occur in standard measure, either of space or time, and Pasteur's dictum that chance favours only the mind that is prepared applies with special emphasis to the study of plant pathology. It is very appropriate that a periodical review be made of the occurrence of all diseases, and Mr. Moore, who is mycologist to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, has gathered together such information for England and Wales. He has had numerous collaborators, and the review follows an earlier bulletin (No. 79) which covered the five years, 1928–32.
Report on Fungus, Bacterial and other Diseases of Crops in England and Wales for the Years 1933–1942
(Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Bulletin No. 126.) Pp. iv + 100 + 8 plates. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1943.) 2s. net.
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GRAINGER, J. Report on Fungus, Bacterial and other Diseases of Crops in England and Wales for the Years 1933–1942. Nature 153, 447 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153447a0
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