Effect of host substrate on germination and growth of Verticillium albo-atrum and V. dahliae conidia and mycelia
Pegg, G.F.
Transactions of the British Mycological Society 71(3): 483-489
1978
DOI: 10.1016/s0007-1536(78)80077-1
Accession: 000640872
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The method of assessing fungal colonization of diseased plants by tissue maceration and colony counts was tested in recovery experiments using mycelium and conidia of V. dahliae and V. albo-atrum with tissue of chrysanthemum and tomato, respectively. Maceration of 1st internode chrysanthemum stem with mycelial propagules increased colony numbers between 10- and 13-fold. Combined separate macerates of host and fungus were less stimulatory.