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Atlas Wheats
By W. H. Lyne
Although not recommended for this section some Rappahannock farmers have indicated interest in the new wheats: Atlas 50 and Atlas 66 which made excellent yields in the more southern Piedmont area.
Commercial production of these wheats has brought about two disease problems which have not been serious in Virginia until 1952. Many farmers and elevator operators have reported that the Atlas varieties have , yielded poorly and that the bushel test weight is low. The two diseases contributing to these conditions are mosaic and glume bloch. Here is what our Extension Plant Pathol igist say about these- diseases and I quote:
“Mosasic is a, virus disease which lives over the soil and persists in the absence of wheat for as long as 8 years. Although mosaic was first _— _ * t t!_• • -%\
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