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STUDIES OF THE BIOLOGY OF SCLEROTIUM CEPIVORUM BERK.
Author(s) -
SCOTT M. R.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1956.tb02156.x
Subject(s) - sclerotium , biology , bulb , fungus , botany , liliaceae , range (aeronautics) , horticulture , composite material , materials science
The white rot fungus ( Sclerotium cepivorum ) spread more rapidly between onion plants touching one another than between separated plants; the proportion of plants infected, over a range of spacing distances, was approximately inversely proportional to the spacing. The fungus invades the bulb through roots, and spread from plant to plant was prevented by not allowing contact between their roots.