Thesis (MSc Plant Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 67 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-67).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1957. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-124).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1959. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-132).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1967. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1958. / Typescript. Abstracted in Dissertation abstracts, v. 18 (1958) no. 3, p. 751-752. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-119).

Thesis--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. / Also available via the Internet.

Dissertation submitted in part compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Homeopathy, Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2002. / The purpose of this study was to expand on the foundations laid by previous homeopathic research, using controlled agricultural experiments as an objective disease system. More specifically, these trials were to investigate and evaluate the efficacy of a fungicide (Previcur') against homeopathic preparations of a plant pathogenic fungus, Pythium, on seedlings infected with this fungus. Pythium is a worldwide problem and continues to cause substantial crop losses. Few chemical methods are available to control this disease and alternatives are being sought which are more cost-effective, safer for the environment and do not lead to pathogenic resistance. Relatively few trials using Homeopathy in plant pathology have been done to date. Furthermore, many of the earlier trials proved to have little scientific credibility, due to poor methods and insufficient data. More recent trials have shown interesting results, which have opened the doors for further investigation. This study compared the effects of Previcur\xAEagainst Homeopathic preparations of Pythium, on infected cabbage and cucumber seedlings. There were 28 trays for each crop and seven treatments per crop: four Homeopathic treatments (9CH, 15CH, 30CH and 200CH), two controls (one inoculated and the other un-inoculated) and Previcur'. The seedlings were treated twice weekly, using a 2.5ml drench per seedling, and were harvested three weeks after planting. The trial was run twice, in succession. Based on the nature of Pythium and the disease it causes, four parameters were measured in this trial. To assess the germination rate, the seedlings were counted three days after planting, to establish how many had broken the surface soil. To assess survival rate, the seedlings were counted at the time of harvesting. To assess growth, the seedlings were initially weighed wet (immediately after harvesting) and then dry (after 24 hours in an oven at 50\xB0C). The data was analysed by two methods: the General Linear Models Procedure (GLMP) produced ANOVA tables, which compared the variation between the four replicates of each of the seven treatments. The data was also analysed with the Student Newman Keuls (SNK) test, to determine the variation between the seven treatments. The results showed that Previcur®consistently produced the best or second best results, in terms of mean wet and dry weights, which was evident in the statistical analysis. However, a noticeable trend emerged with the 30CH treatment: it provided the lowest mean weights in seven of the eight parameters measured while showing evidence of consistent statistical significance from the other treatments throughout both trials. The implications were that this treatment had either enhanced the disease process or had suppressed plant growth. Student Newman Keuls (SNK) test, to determine the variation between the seven treatments. This trial raised issues regarding the effects of homeopathy on disease, as well as the internal mechanisms of disease control within plant structures. Further research into this area is encouraged, to further the platform already laid by statistically valid trials done thus far. / M

Indigenous Rhizobium isolates from naturally-formed bean root nodules were antagonistic to some of the root rotting pathogens of snap bean. Rhizobium isolates inhibited the radial growth of Fusarium species in dual culture agar plate tests but were not inhibitory to Rhizoctonia solani or Pythium isolates. With one exception, all indigenous Rhizobium isolates showed some degree of antagonism towards F. solani f. sp. phaseoli in vitro. The level of in vitro inhibition depended upon the agar plate technique utilized. A high level of in vitro inhibitory activity was recorded in 38% of the Rhizobium isolates tested where wide zones of inhibition formed between the test isolates and persisted for more than 1 week. A similar inhibitory effect of 8/17 nodulating Rhizobium isolates to Fusarium root rot of snap bean was observed in growth pouch experiments. Protection of bean plants from severe Fusarium root rot occurred in combinations where the inoculum concentration of Rhizobium (10\ 106 cells/pouch) was equal to or greater than the inoculum concentration of F_. solani (10² , 10⁴ spores/pouch). Ten Rhizobium isolates, which were highly antagonistic in vitro, had no apparent inhibitory effect on Fusarium root rot in vivo. Two Rhizobium isolates, RCC324 and RCC607, inhibitory to Fusarium root rot did not reduce Rhizoctonia root rot of bean. Soil experiments supported the results of growth pouch experiments whereby inoculation of bean seed with a high concentration of Rhizobium (RCC106 at 10⁸ cells/seed) effectively reduced bean root rot incited by a low inoculum potential of the pathogen, F. solani (inoculum: soil, 1:10⁴ or 1:120). These results indicated the potential exists for field control of Fusarium root rot of snap bean by a highly antagonistic nodulating isolate of Rhizobium. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate

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