Nematodologist J.N. Sasser seeks a solution to the nematode problem. In North Carolina nematodes destrou $30 million worth of tobacco a year; they also lower disease resistance. Both the plants are Dixie Bright 101 and are in Granville Wilt soil. The plant at right has also been attacked by nematodes, leaving it less resistant to wilt.
(From Extension Farm-News, published at N.C. State University for employees of the state's Agricultural Extension Service, September 1954.)
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