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Effects of temperature and inoculum concentration on infection of narcissus bulbs by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. narcissi
Author(s) -
PRICE D.
Publication year - 1977
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.1744-7348.1977.tb01860.x
Subject(s) - biology , chlamydospore , fusarium oxysporum , narcissus , mycelium , germination , botany , agar , fusarium , horticulture , potato dextrose agar , bacteria , genetics
SUMMARY Chlamydospores of Fusarium oxysporum germinated, and mycelium grew on agar, at 10 but not 8°C. Numbers of chlamydospores needed to initiate disease suggest that the principal sources of infection are within the stock of bulbs and not the soil.