Erwinia rhapontici(Millard) Burkholder Associated with Pink Grain of Wheat

摘要

Summary.Bacteria isolated from pink‐coloured grains of English wheat were identified asErwinia rhapontici, and were identical with isolates made by LuisettiRapilly (1967) from wheat with a similar disorder in France. Pink grain was reproduced with English and French isolates and with authentic cultures ofE. rhaponticiwhen developing grain of wheat plants was inoculated, but only after woundin