Show CANKER FREE TOMATO DEVELOPED BY UTAH urah PLANT pathologist disease resi resistant stent tomatoes have been developed at the utah state agricultural college plant laboratories during a series of experiments just completed according to dr H loran blood plant pathologist for the U S department of agriculture dr blood says work is progressing at present on methods for the eradication of the wes western I 1 ern yellow blight and the liun wilt two dreaded diseases that annually infect the tomato fields field after spending nine months of research in south america dr blood produced plants which were entirely immune to the canker since this development the bacterial canker has disappeared entirely employed by the united states department of agriculture and working in cooperation with the utah agricultural experiment station dr blood represents the division of fruit and vegetable crops and diseases which is associated with the bureau of plant industry in utah work of this division is primarily concerned with diseases in tomatoes |