Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3
Volume 8 Number 4 July- August 1959 Article 9
7-1959
A revised list of vegetables diseases recorded in Western Australia
S. C. Chambers
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This article is brought to you for free and open access by Research Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3 by an authorized administrator of Research Library. For more information, please contact [email protected]. v K I A Revised List of Vegetable Diseases Recorded I in Western Australia *:* 'f Compiled from Departmental Records by S. C. CHAMBERS, M.Sc, Plant Pathologist *
rpHIS list of vegetable diseases constitutes a revision of portion of the census pub- r lished by Carne (1925) and added to by the same author in 1927. It contains also records of diseases identified in the period between these earlier publications and December 31, 1957. The list is arranged alphabetically according to the botanical names of the host plants. In general, the viral, bacterial, fungal and nematodal diseases and physio logical disorders of each host are listed in that order. The locality and date of the first record in each instance is also given whenever possible. A list of common names of host plants has been appended to facilitate reference.
FIRST RECORD Host Common Name Place Month Year
Allium (tscalonicum L. ] Peronospom destructor (Berk.) Casp. Downv Mildew Albany August (SHALLOT) ! Pyrenochaeta terreslris (Hansen) Gorenz f Red Root 1949 Walker A Larsen \ Pink Root .... November 1932 Pathogen Not Recorded .... Storage Rot .... Kronkup May 1955 Allium cepa L. Pathogen Not Recorded ... Bacterial Disease August (ONION) Pathogen Not Recorded .... Bacterial Rot of Leaves 1918 Mt. Lawlev October 1926 Aspergillus niger v. Teigh. Black Mould CoUectotrichum cirrinans (Berk.) Vogl. Glen Forest 1934-35 Smudge Spearwood February 1931 Fusarium up. Bulb Rot Peronospora destructor (Berk.) Caap. Peel Estate ... August 1924 Downy Mildew 1919 'Pyrenochaeta terrestris (Hansen) Gorenz, "/ Red Root .... \ Walker
• Correct Identity Established, July, 1930. + Recorded as Heterodera radiricola (C.reef) Mull. I Identified 1955 Previously Recorded as Heterodera radiricola (Greef) Mull. § Confirmed 1935. 427 t Journal of agriculture Vol. 8 1959 Vegetable Diseases—continued. FIRST RECORD Common Name Host Cause Place Month Year
Black Rot Lower Cluttering September 1947 Brassica napobrassica Mill Xanthomonas campeslris (Pam.) Dows Metropolitan ...... 1940 Albugo Candida (Pers. ex Chev.) Kuntze .... White Rust (SWEDE) White Leaf Spot Bullsbrook 1933-34 Oercospora albo-maculans Ell. & Ev Byford May 1947 Vercosporella sp .— • Black Leg .... \ Bullsbrook .... November 1956 Phoma lingam (Tode ex. Fr.) Desm. -^ Dry Rot .... J Wooroloo .... July 1956 Phyllosticta sp internal Cork Pickering Brook .... 1934-35 Non Parasitic Black Leg Bluff Point 1936-37 Brassica oleracea L. var. Phoma lingam (Tode ex. Fr.) Desm acephala D.C. (KALE) Nedlands 1943 Cauliflower Mosaic Virus ...... - Mosaic Brassica oleracea L. var. Bacterial Soft Rot .... Spearwood May 1955 botrytis ? Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland .... Bacterial Leaf Spot\ Katanning August 1931 CAULIFLOWER) Pseudomonas maculicola (McCull.) Stevens^ McCulloch's Leaf Spot / 1924 Black Rot Coogee April Xanthomonas campeslris (Pam.) Dows Balcatta 1952 Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc. Leaf Spot 1925 Pink Mould Capel November Cephalothecium roseum Cda. .-•• •••• Boyanup July 1923 MycosphaereUa brassiciola (Fr. ex Duby) Ring Spot Lindau , Damping Off \ Osborne Park .... March 1947 Pellurularia JUamentosa (Pat.) Rogers. •{! Wire Stem J Downy Mildew Gingin 1935-36 Peronospora parasitica (Pers.) ex Fr Coogee April 1924 Phoma lingam (Tode ex. Fr.) Desm Black Leg Curd and Leaf Spot Bullsbrook June 1956 Phyllosticta sp - Albany March 1943 Club Root 1941 Plasmodwphora brasswae Woron. Sclerotinia Rot West Swan August Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de By Spearwood April 1957 Sugar Beet Eelworm 1925 Heterodera schachtii A. Schmidt Oedema Belmont August Non Parasitic Balcatta September 1957 Non Parasitic Frost Injury ? Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland .... Bacterial Soft Rot .... Osborne Park .... January 1944 Brassica oleracea L. var. Bacterial Leaf Spot\ 1930 capitata L. Pseudomonas maculicola (McCull.) Stevens-^ McCulloch's Leaf Spot/ ( CABBAGE) Xanthomonas campestris (Pam.) Dows. .... 1921 Black Rot 1923 MycosphaereUa brassieicola (Fr. ex Duby) Ring Spot Boyanup July Lindau , Damping Off \ Balcatta January 1957 FeUicularia JUamentosa (Pat.) Rogers | Wire Stem .... / Downy Mildew Wanneroo July 1945 Peronospora parasitica (Pers.) ex Fr Coogee April 1924 Phoma lingam (Tode ex. Fr.) Desm Black Leg 1918 Plasmodwphora brassicae Woron Club Root Sclerotinia Rot May 1955 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de By April 1925 Heterodera schachtii A. Schmidt Sugar Beet Eelworm ... Spearwood Root Knot Eelworm.... Fremantle December 1919 *Meloidogyne sp Gosnells September 1928 Non Parasitic Oedema Black Ringspot Virus Bedfordale 1956 Brassica oleracea L. var. Cabbage Black Ringspot Virus Smith Bedfordale 1955 Pseudomonas ? syringae Van Hall gemmifera Zenker Sack Rot 1955 (BRUSSELS SPROUTS Xanthomonas campestris (Pam.) Dows Bedfordale August 1956 Botrytis cinerea Fr Grey Mould Club Root Bedfordale June 1949 Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron Bedfordale February 1946 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de By Sclerotinia Rot Bayswater May 1956 Xanthomonas campestris (Pam.) Dows Black Rot 1940 Brassica rapa L. Albugo Candida (Pers. ex Chev.) Kuntze .... White Rust Metropolitan .... (TURNIP) Wooroloo July 1956 ? Cercospora albo -.uiculans Ell. & Ev White Leaf Spot .... 1921 Plasmodwphora brassicae Woron. Club Root Root Knot Eelworm .... Perth Market .... December 1919 *Meloidogtine sp Internal Cork Pickering Brook 1934-35 Non Parasitic Heat Injury Carnarvon January 1956 Capsicum annuum L Non Parasitic (PEPPER) Fusarium Wilt Maylands January 1926 CUrullus vulgaris Schrad. Fusarium oxysporum f niveum (E.F. Sm) (WATER MELON) Snyder & Hansen Non "Parasitic Heat Injury to Fruit Scarborough January 1955 Mosaic Balcatta October 1952 Cucumis melo L. Cucumber Mosaic Virus Mt. Helena February 1955 Ergsiphe cichoracearum DC. Powdery Mildew (ROCK MELON OR Fruit Rot Cannington February 1949 CANTALOUP) FeUicularia rolfsii (Curzi) West. Root Knot Eelworm... Mt. Iawley ... January 1957 Meloidogyne sp Mt. Lawley Novembe r 1930 Non Parasitic Non Setting of Fruit... Mosaic Balcatta October 1952 Cucumis salivas L. Cucumber Mosaic Virus - Balcatta May 1956 (CUCUMBER) Pseudomonas lachrymans (E.F. Sm. & Brya i) Angular Leaf Spot .. Carsner Powdery Mildew Byford 1931-32 ^Erysiphe cich- racearum DC. Fusarium Wilt Wooroloo January 1955 Fusarium sp. .•••• — Root Knot Eelworm.. Carnarvon July 1928 XMeloidogyne javanica (Treub) Cnitwood ... Fremantle Decembe r 1957 Cause Unknown Fasciation
• Recorded as Heterodera radicicola (Greef) Mull. t Identified 1956, Previously Recorded as Oidium sp. t Identified 1956, Previously Recorded as Heterodera radicicola (Greef) 428
Journal of agriculture Vol. 8 1959 Vegetable Diseases—continued.
FIRST RECORD Host Common Name Place Month
Cueurbita moschata Dene. Cucumber Mosaic Virus Mosaic Perth (VEGETABLE MAR Botrytis cinerea Fr Grey Mould Osborne Park . October ROW) Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. Powdery Mildew South Perth . February Non Parasitic Non Setting of Fruit. Como .... November Curcurhita pepo L. Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. Powdery Mildew Osborne Park . (PUMPKIN) Fusarium sp. Root Rot Heme Hill January Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm . Metropolitan February Non Parasitic Non Setting of Fruit. Serpentine February Non Parasitic Heat Injury January Daucus carota L. Carrot Motley Dwarf Virus Motley Dwarf Osborne Park . July (CARROT) lErwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland Bacterial Soft Rot . Osborne Park . November IXanthomonas carotae (Kendr.) Dows Bacterial Blight Osborne Park . June AUernaria radicina Meier, Drechsler & Eddy Black Rot .... Balcatta *Cercospora sp. Leaf Spot ? February Fusarium sp. Fusarium Rot Osborne Park . June \Melmdogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood .... Root Knot Eelworm. Palmyra August Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam Monilochaetes infuscans Ell.
Lactuca saliva L Lettuce Mosaic. Virus Lettuce Mosaic Balcatta July (LETTUCE) Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Samuel Bald A Spotted Wilt Kalgoorlie Pitt man ?Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland Bacterial Soft Rot . Perth December Botrytis cinerea Fr Grey Mould Arrino August Uremia lactucae Reg. Downy Mildew Spearwood August Bottom Rot .... Pellicularia ftlamentosa (Pat.) Rogers Damping Off Osborne Park . March Pythium Stunt Pythium sp Damping Off Osborne Park . October Drop Sclerotinia minor Jagger Sclerotinia Rot Busselton March Drop Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de By. Sclerotinia Rot Busselton May Septoria lactucae Pass. Septoria Leaf Spot . Fremantle December Stemphylium botryosum Wallr Leaf Spot Balcatta June *fi Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood Root Knot Eelworm. Non Parasitic Frost Injury .... Balcatta Non Parasitic June Tip Burn Maida Vale March Cucumber Mosaic Virus Lycopersicon esculentum Fern Leaf Guildford June Mill Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Clinton Ordinary or Mild To Geraldton May (TOMATO) mato Mosaic Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Tomato A ucuba Aucuba Mosaic Gerald ton May Mosaic Virus Strain Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Tomato Streak Virus Streak Geraldton Strain June Tomato Big Bud Virus Samuel Bald & Big Bud Bullsbrook February Eardley t Tomato Spotted WUt Virus, Samuel Bald & Spotted WUt Pittman Corynebacterium michiganense (E.F. Sm.) Bacterial Canker Wanneroo Jensen December Pseudomonas solanacearum E.F. Sm Bacterial Wilt Wanneroo February Xanthomonas reMcatoria (Doidge) Dows Bacterial Spot Metropolitan AUernaria solani (Ell. & Mart.) Jones &""j Target Spot .... i Grout S Early Blight .... J AUernaria tomato (Cke.) G. F. Weber Nailhead Spot Geraldton Botrytis cinerea Fr August Grey Mould Geraldton September Fusarium oxysporum F. lycopersici (Sacc.j Fusarium Wilt Snyder & Hansen IMacrophomina phaseoli (Maub.) Ashby.... Ashy Stem Blight .... Geraldton tOospora sp July October Pellicularia filamentosa (Pat.) Rogers Rhizoctonia Stem Geraldton Canker Pellicularia rolfsii (Curzi) West Southern Blight Perth March Penicitlium sp. .... Penicillium Fruit Rot Phoma destructiva Plowr Geraldton October Phoma Rot Geraldton June Phytophthora ? parasitica Dast .... Buck Eye Rot Carnarvon Phytophthora sp Collar Rot Osborne Park .... September § Pleospora lycopersici El. & Em. Marchai. Pleospora Fruit Rot.... Geraldton September Rhizopus sp Rhizopus Soft Rot .... Geraldton September Sclerotinia minor Jagger Stem Rot Geraldton September Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de By. Stem Rot Geraldton October Septoria lycopersici Speg * Septoria Leaf Spot .... West Leederville August Verticillium dahliae Kleb Verticillium Wilt .... ? Bullsbrook .... February VerticUlium ? albo-atrum Reinke & Berth. Verticillium Wilt Geraldton November 1 Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood.... Root Knot Eelworm.... Fremantle Non-Parasitic June Blossom End Rot .... Busselton March Non-Parasitic Blotchy Ripening .... Geraldton
* Confirmed Osborne Park April, 1955. t Identified 1955, Previously recorded as Heterodera radicicola (Greet) Mull. t Identified 1934, Previously Recorded as Spotted Wilt (Cause Unknown). § Identified 1952, Previously Recorded as Stemphylium *p. II Confirmed Balcatta, 1950. If Identified 1958, Previously Recorded as Heterodera radicicola (Greef) MuIL 429
! Journal of agriculture Vol. 8 1959 Vegetable Diseases—continued. FIRST RECORD Host Cause Common Name i Place Month Year ; Lycopersicon esculenlum Non-Parasitic Cracking of Fruit .... Forrestfteld March 1931 MM Non-Parasitic Leaf Roll January 1955 (TOMATO)—contd. Non-Parasitic Non Setting of Fruit.... Harvey January 1929 Non-Parasitic Sectorial Chimera Geraldton September 1929 Non-Parasitic Sun Scald of Fruit .... 1924-25 Pathogen Not Recorded .... Damping Off' Coogee June 1955
Pastinaca saliva I. Phyllachora pastinacae (West.) Rostr Phyllachora Leaf Spot Spearwood July 1934 (PARSNIP) | Meloidog-yne javanica (Treub) Chitwood.... Root Knot Eelworm.... Osborne Park .... April 1916 Cause Unknown Root Bronzing Osborne Park .... November 1957
Petroseiinum hortense Meloidogunc sp. Root Knot Eelworm.... City Beach February 1955 Hoffm (PARSLEY) I'haseolus vulgaris L Bean Mosaic Virus Stewart «fc Reddick .... Common Bean Mosaic Balcatta 1944 (BUTTER. FRENCH, Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus Bean Yellow Mosaic .... Balcatta 1954 NAVY AND POLE Psevdomonas phaseolicola (Burk.) Dows Halo Blight Maddington November 1930 BEAN) Xanthotnonas pkaseoli (E.F.S.) Dows Common Blight Fremantle September 1930 Alternaria fasciculata (Cke. & Ell.) Jones & Leaf Spot Balcatta June 1945 Grout Ascochyta sp. Ascochyta Pod Spot.... July 1956 Collectotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Anthracnose 1901 Magn.) Bri. & Cav. Fusarium solani f. phaseoli (Burk.) Snyder Fusarium Root Rot .... March 1931 & Hansen Macrophomina phaseoli (Maub.) Ashby .... Ashby Stem Blight .... December 1925 Collar Rot .... \ Kelmscott March 1941 Pellicularia filamentosa (Pat.) Rogers < Damping Off J Pellicularia rolfsii (Cum) West Sclerotium Foot Rot.... Gosnells February 1926 Pythium debaryamum Hesse. Perth June 1921 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de By Sclerotinia Disease .... Perth June 1928 Uromyces phaseolorum De By Rust Armadale June 1929 *Meloidogyne javanica (Treub.) Chitwood .... Root Knot Eelworm Fremantle December 1917 Genetic .... Leaf Variegation Nedlands October 1945 Non Parasitic Heat Scorch March 1930 Non Parasitic Non Setting of Beans Wooroloo February 1930 Non Parasitic Sun Scald Denmark February 1955 Pathogen Not Recorded Pre Emergence Damp- Helena Vale .... January 1955 in Off
PUum sativum L. •\Pea Mosaic Virus Doolittle & Jones .... Pea Mosaic ? Geraldton .... August 1929 (GARDEN PEA) Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Samuel, Bald it Spotted Wilt Pinjarra 1935-36 Pittman Pseudomonas pisi Sackett .... Bacterial Blight Boyup Brook .... 1943 Ascochyta pisi Lib .... Black Spot Baker's HUl .... September 1926 Erytiph* polygoni DC. emend. Salm Powdery Mildew Waroona January 1932 Fusarium ? solani f. pisi (F. R. Jones), Fusarium Root Rot .... Jarrahdale January 1926 Snyder & Hansen Fusarium ? oxysporum f. pisi (Linford), Fusarium Wilt North Perth ... October 1930 Snyder & Hansen Mycosphaerella pinodes (Berk. & Blox.) Leaf Spot 1914 Stone Mycosphaerella tulasnei (Jancz.) Lindau .... Leaf Blotch August 1913 Pellicularia JUamentosa (Pat.) Rogers .... Rhiroctonia Root and Osborne Park .... March 1926 Stem Rot Peronospora viciae (Berk.) Casp Downy Mildew Beverley October 1924 Septoria pisi West Septoria Blotch Pickering Brook 1935-36 %Meloidogyne sp Root Knot Eelworm Bayswater September 1928 Genetic .... Leaf Variegation Nedlands 1945 Non Parasitic Frost Injury Metropolitan .... June 1955 Non Parasitic Heat Injury February 1930 Non Parasitic Non Setting of Peas .... Metropolitan .... January 1955 Damping Off Norseman 1944 Pathogen Not Recorded March 1927 Pathogen Not Recorded Stem Canker Woodanilling .... August Raphanus sativw L 1 Albugo Candida (Pers. ex Chev.) Kuntze .... White Rust Osborne Park .... 1944 (RADISH) | Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron Club Root Perth 1931-32 LlffHtn rhopontkum L Pathogen Not Recorded .... ? Bacterial Root Rot Claremont February 1926 (RHUBARB) Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland Bacterial Soft Rot .... Spearwood March 1928 Armillaria mellea (Vahl) Quel Root Rot 1919 § Ascochyta rhei Ell. * Identified 1958. Previously recorded as Heterodera radicieola (Greef) Mull. t Confirmed 1943. % Recorded as Heterodera radicieola (Greef) Mull. § Identified 1954. Previously Recorded as Phyllostiela sp. [| Identified 1955. Previously Recorded as Heterodera radicieola (Greef) Mull. % Identified 1946. Previously Recorded as Heterodera radicieola (Greef) Mull. 430 Journal of agriculture Vol. 8 1959 Vegetable Diseases—continued. FIRST RECORD Host Cause Common Name Place Month Solanum melongena L ? Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland .... Bacterial Soft Rot .... Carnarvon January 1956 (EGG PLANT) Solanum tuberosum L Potato J*eaf Roll Virus Appel Leaf Roll Denmark April 1927 (POTATO) Potato Purple Top Wilt Virus Purple Top Wilt .... Esperance January 1956 t Potato Virus X ? Pinjarra September 1926 Potato Virus Y Streak Gosnells September 1928 Potato Witch's Broom Virus Hungerford & Witch's Broom May 1957 Dana XTomato Spotted Wilt Virus Samuel, Bald & Spotted Wilt ? North Perth... October 1930 Pittman Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland Black Leg 1920 Pseudomonas solanacearum E.F.Sm Bacterial Wilt 1920 Streptomyces scabies (Thaxt.) Waks. & Common Scab 1898 Henrici Early Blight .... ~j Alternaria solani (Ell. & Mart.) Jones &] Target Spot .... > Grout 1920 Storage Disease J Armillaria mellea (Vahl) Quel Armillaria Tuber Rot 1924-25 WUt \ Fusarium sp < Brown Ring .... / 1920 Fusarium sp. Storage Rot 1924-25 Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat Violet Root Rot Maddington 1931-32 Pellicularia filamentwa (Pat.) Rogers .... Rhizoctonia .... June 1911 Pellicularia rolfsii (Curzi) West Southern Blight Lowden March 1956 Phoma ? tuberosa Melh. Rosenb. & E. S. June 1923 Schultz Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethb Pink Rot Harvey June 1946 Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de By. < Late Blight .... \ Guildford August 1909 Irish Blight .... / Sclerotinia minor Jagger Stem Canker 1932-33 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de By Stem Canker .... 1932-33 Spondylocladium atrovirens Harz Silver Scurf ...... 1923 Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) ]>agerh Powdery Scab Maylands 1949 Stysanus stemonitis Cde Surface Mould Hamel 1929 VertieiUium albo-atrum Reinke & Berth VertieiUium Wilt Dardanup 1932-33 *Meloidogyne ? arenarin (Neal) Chitwood ....\ Root Knot Eelworm Perth *Meloidogyne ? incognita acrita Chitwood ....f 1916 Non Parasitic .... Black Heart Dwellingup January 1930 Non Parasitic .... Brown Fleck 1920 Non Parasitic Enlarged Lenticels .... Balcatta November 1957 Non Parasitic Frost Injury .... October 1929 Non Parasitic Injury from Tuber Dips Bornholm September 1928 Non Parasitic .... Growth Cracks Spearwood December 1957 Non Parasitic Hollow Heart 1920 Non Parasitic Spindling Sprout 1920 Non Parasitic Sun Scald Zamia December 1928 Cause Unknown Vascular Netting May 1955 Soja max Piper Pseudomonas phaseolicola (Burk.) Dows Halo Blight Nedlands 1944 (SOYA BEAN) Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus Bean Yellow Mosaic .. May 1956 (BROAD OR TICK Alternaria sp. Alternaria Leaf Spot 1913 BEAN) . Ascochyta fabae Speg. Leaf Pod and Stem South Perth .... 1942 Spot § Iiotrytis cinerea Fr < Chocolate Spot \ Grey Mould ... / South Perth .... October 1923 Botrytis sp Leaf Pod and Stem Roleystone 1942 Spot Cercospora faf*ae Fautr Leaf Pod and Stem South Perth .... 1942 Spot Cladosporium sp Black Leaf Spot South Perth .... November: 1923 ? Phi/Uosticta sp Black Leaf Spot South Perth .... August 1923 Pythium ? debart/a?ium Hesse July- 1921 JTromuces fabae (Pers.) de Bary Broad Bean Rust .... October 1921 Meloidoqt/ne sp. Root Knot Eelworm Middle Swan .... August 1955 Non Parasitic Flower Blackening .... Metropolitan .... August 1955 Non Parasitic .... Flower Drop .... South Belmont... August , 1956 Pathogen Not Recorded Damping Off Riverton June 1957 Pathogen Not Recorded .... Root Rot Middle Swan .... August 1955 Non Parasitic Leaf Scorch Osborne Park .... February 1956 (SWEET CORN) Pathogen Not Recorded Leaf Spot Osborne Park February 1956 * Identified 1958. Previously Recorded as Heterodera radiclcola (Greef) Mull. t Confirmed 1938' } Confirmed 1937. § Identity established 1937-38. 431 t Journal of agriculture Vol. 8 1959 APPENDIX Common Names and Botanical Equivalents. BEAN— ONION—Allium cepa L. Broad or Tick—Vicia faba L. PARSLEY—Petroselinum hortense Hoffn. Butter, French, Navy and Pole— Phaseolus vulgaris L. PARSNIP—Pastinaca sativa L. Soya—Soja max Piper. PEA—Pisum sativum L. BEET— PEPPER—Capsicum annuum L. Red—Beta vulgaris L. POTATO—Solanum tuberosum L. Silver—Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla L. PUMPKIN—Cucurbita pepo L. Sugar—Beta vulgaris L. var. macror- RADISH—Raphanus sativus L. rhiza RHUBARB—Rheum rhaponticum L. BRUSSELS SPROUTS—Brassica oleracea SHALLOT—Allium ascalonicum L. L. var. gemmifera Zenker. SWEDE—Brassica napobrassica Mill. CABBAGE—Brassica oleracea L. var. capi- tata L. SWEET CORN—Zea mays L. var. saccha- rata. CANTALOUP—Cucumis melo. L. SWEET POTATO—Ipomoea batatas (L.) CARROT—Daucus carota L. Lam. CAULIFLOWER—Brassica oleracea L. var. TOMATO—Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. botrytis L. TURNIP—Brassica rapa L. CELERY—Apium graveolens L. CUCUMBER—Cucumis sativus L. ACKNOWLEDGMENT EGG-PLANT—Solanum melongena L. KALE—Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala Grateful acknowledgment is made to Mr. H. L. Harvey, Senior Plant Pathologist for DC. encouragement and constructive criticism LETTUCE—Lactuca sativa L. in the preparation of this census. MANGEL—Beta vulgaris L. var. macror- rhiza. REFERENCES MARROW—Cucurbita moschata Dene. Carne, W. M.—(1925). J. Roy. Soc. W.A. MELON— XI, 7; 43-68. Rock—Cucumis melo L. (1927). Ibid XIV, 3; 23-28. Water—Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. SHEEP-KILLERS DESTROYED Agriculture Protection Board trapper, B. K. Davies, recently destroyed 12 wild dogs in the area between Mundaring Weir and York, and most of them had the typical characteristics of pure-bred dingoes. Included in this total were three dogs, which were trapped following a complaint of dogs killing sheep on farms to the south-west of York. The three included two females carrying 13 pups, and the other was described by the trapper as the biggest dog he has ever seen. It was a black male which was operating on a wide travelling circuit on which Mr. Davies estimated to be a three week schedule. Mr. Nalder said that the trapper set his trap, nominated a day, over a week later, on which the dog would return, and trapped it exactly on schedule. 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