Flood fallow and silting \Irere the only practices that consistently reduced incidence of banana wilt incluced by F. o.vyspoi.~r~rz f. cubem-e ( E . F. S.) Snpd. ancl I-Ians. The efhciency of flood fallow was greatly increased by interflood plo\ving, and in most locations by postflood fungicide drenches. Even these treatments, however, did not insure economic control in some areas. I t was necessary, therefore, to select areas where soil factors terldetl to retard rapid disease development. Also, the absence of the banana host for a number of years previous to flood fallow appeared to influence treatment success.'Manuscript
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