Black shank of tobacco in the former Dutch East Indies, caused by Phytophthora Nicotianae : original papers by Jacob van Breda de Haan, 1895 and Thung Tjeng Hiang, 1931 and 1938 / introduction, translation & discussion by Jan C. Zadoks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thung, Tjeng-Hiang, 1897-1960, author.

Breda de Haan, Jacob van, 1866-1917, author.

Contributor:

Zadoks, Jan C., translator, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco--Diseases and pests--East Indies.

Tobacco.

Fungal diseases of plants--East Indies.

Fungal diseases of plants.

Phytophthora nicotianae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jacob van Breda de Haan is known as the author of the name Phytophthora nicotianae n.sp., the causal agent of 'black shank', an important disease of tobacco. Who was he? Where did he work? What did he publish? He published in Dutch, 1896, in a Dutch colonial report series. Next question: what more on tobacco diseases was written in obscure, colonial Dutch documents? Another scientist, Thung Tjeng Hiang, better known as the first Wageningen professor of plant virology, presented two original papers in Dutch on 'black shank' with the word 'epidemiologie' in their title, 1931 and 1938. Therewith

Contents:

Preface; Tobacco growing in the former Dutch East Indies; 1.1. Tobacco in Indonesia; 1.2. Java, the Principalities; 1.2.1. The situation on Java; 1.2.2. The tobacco culture in the Principalities; 1.2.3. Crop protection problems; 1.3. Sumatra, Sultanate Deli; 1.3.1. The situation on Sumatra; 1.3.2. The tobacco culture in Deli; 1.3.3. Crop protection problems; 1.4. The product; The authors; 2.1. Jacob van Breda de Haan ; 2.1.1. The author; 2.1.2. The science; 2.1.3. The language; 2.2. Thung Tjeng Hiang; 2.2.1. The author; 2.2.2. The science; 2.2.3. The language; 2.3. The translation

The bibit disease in the Deli tobacco3.0. Preface; 3.1. The tobacco cultivation in Deli; 3.2. Occurrence and spread of the bibit disease; 3.3. Symptoms and characteristics of the bibit disease; 3.4. Microscopic examination of the plants attacked by bibit disease; 3.5. Phytophthora nicotianae nov. spec.; Occurrence, life history etc.; 3.6. Culture-experiments with Phytophthora Nicotianae; influence of moisture and drought, light and darkness on the development.; 3.7. Effect of increase of air and light on the tobacco nursery beds. Control by Bordeaux mixture.; 3.8. Field experiments in Deli

3.9. Judgement of practicians on the modified treatment of the nursery beds3.10. Final considerations; 3.11. Contents; The epidemiology of tobacco diseases; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Procedure; 4.3. The methods of calculation; 4.4. Results; Experiment Station; for; Vorstenlanden Tobacco; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The behaviour of the fungus; 5.2.1. The parasitism; 5.2.2. The saprophytism in the soil; 5.2.3. The formation of zoöspores; 5.2.4. The infection capacity of the zoöspores.; 5.2.5. The influence of climatological factors; 5.3. The ways of dispersal; 5.3.1. In the soils

5.3.1.1. The tobacco areas5.3.1.2. Other cropping areas; 5.3.1.3. The official fields; 5.3.1.4. The dessa-grounds and roads; 5.3.1.5. The dangerous sites in the tobacco area; 5.3.2. In the water; 5.3.2.1. The irrigation water; 5.3.2.2. The water in rivers and conducts; 5.3.3. In the manure; 5.4. A new Phytophthora-analysis-method; 5.5. Concluding remarks; 5.6. Summary; 5.7. Literature cited; Jacob van Breda de Haan, 1866-1917, a forgotten plant pathologist; 6.1. From Lowlands to Tropics; 6.2. Career; 6.2.1. Civil servant in health and disease; 6.2.2. Sugar cane; 6.2.3. Tobacco; 6.2.4. Rice

6.2.5. Cotton 6.2.6. Agricultural meteorology; 6.2.7. Miscellaneous ; 6.2.8. Investigations; 6.3. Publications ; 6.4. Food scarcity ; 6.5. A painful affair; 6.6. Final comments ; Epilogue; Annex 1 - Tobacco calendar of the Principalities in the 1930s; Annex 2 - Geographical notes; Annex 3 - Indonesian terminology; Annex 4 - Publications by Jacob van Breda de Haan; References; Notes; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Epilogue; Annexes; Publication history; Jan C. Zadoks - biographic notes; Acknowledgements; Blank Page; Blank Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 9, 2015).

ISBN:

90-8890-284-4