Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-06-11 | Page 15 | Potato Leaf Curl Disease

Potato Leaf Curl Disease STL'NTKD growth, leaf curl, and crinkled leaflets In potatoes ure all due to the-same the-same cause, the specific nature of which has not been positively determined. The ei.'j-ensc Is readily transmitted throu;' the tubers, and Its viruh nee seems to Increase from -ciierjiion to Ken ration. Fertilizers do not c-em lo Influence leaf curl disease to any considerable extent, although al-though some methods ed culture seem to favor its dev Jopinent. Poorly developed tubers .ne more likely to tpread the disease than sound ones. There is little evidence that the cause of the disease can be transferred from the tuber to the soil yet as a precaution precau-tion lotatlon of crops is advised.