Open AccessEffect of soil fungi communities on the growth of damping-off pathogens in relation to incubation temperature and medium pH
Author(s) -
M. Kacprzak,
M. Mańka
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta mycologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-074X
pISSN - 0001-625X
DOI - 10.5586/am.2000.026
Subject(s) - incubation , fusarium oxysporum , rhizoctonia solani , trichoderma viride , biology , fusarium culmorum , rhizoctonia , fusarium solani , horticulture , food science , fusarium , zoology , botany , biochemistry
Four communities of saprotrophic fungi from a forest nursery soil were tested for their effect on the in vitro growth of damping-off pathogens: Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium avenaceum, F. culmorum, F. oxysporum and F. solani in relation to incubation temperature (5, 10, 15, 20 or 25°C) and medium pH (4.3; 5.6 or 7.5). The soil fungi communities weakly suppressed the growth of pathogens studied only at the lower temperatures (5 or 10°C). At the higher temperatures the communities tested supported the growth of all pathogens. The supporting effct was increasing with the increase of temperature, independently of pH. The effect was highly dependent on incubation temperature and not dependent on medium pH (