Show LEAF SPOT HARMS LEGUMES fungus h causes disease livi lives over winder on an dead leave leaves to characteristics prepared ared by the united states dopart depart ment of agriculture common leaf spot and red clover leaf spot are iq appearance ance but are caused by two distinct fungi says pays a specialist of lie the united states department of agriculture who ito has published the results of studies of alfalfa and clover clorce la in bulte bulle tin the fungsui which causes alfalfa leaf spot alvet over minter on dead leaves which decay litiere aro characteristics of leaf spot cau caused led by 1 this particular fungus which usual 1 servo serve to distinguish it from spots pot caused hy by other fun one la 19 the cir cular shape and small bize size of the ernt and ili the other in 1 n email small raised ilik ir tile center of the fully developer develop ei spot the disease Is one of the roost se ritu rims and tind ii widely idely kno known n of thoo which attack the foliage of alfalfa it causes greatest Krca less loe during wet met weather and caes have been reported where it haa has destro el half of be the alfalfa crop little ili 1 known of the methard ly ili which fielda fields leome infested If foTta to exclude the dixene dixen e froin altaba fl aphis in remote from other alfalfa by fly the surface sterilization of the bcd sped have riven gien no success eri 1 dently ilent ly in these at least the department pathologist says the fu it IRUS igus wn uns not carried on the surface 0 of f the lie seed peed probably not with the th P seed ced at all the source of in fields still furnishes nn an interesting problem |