An Improved Method for Isolating Violet Root Rot Fungus, Helicobasidium mompa, from Basidiocarps |
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Authors: | Hitoshi NAKAMURA Yukari UETAKE Masao ARAKAWA Ikuko OKABE Naoyuki MATSUMOTO |
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Affiliation: | (1) National Institute of Agro-environmental Sciences, 3–1–1, Kan-non-dai, Tsukuba 305–8604, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | Basidiocarps of the violet root rot fungus, Helicobasidium mompa, are less frequently used for isolation than are mycelial strands and sclerotia even though the basidiocarps are conspicuously produced at the trunk base of diseased plants. Basidiocarps are also more suitable for storage. This paper describes an improved method for obtaining pure cultures from basidiocarps using microcentrifuge tubes to facilitate the awkward steps of rinsing fungal materials under a dissecting microscope. Received 28 June 2000/ Accepted in revised form 4 August 2000 |
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Keywords: | : violet root rot Helicobasidium mompa isolation basidiocarp. |
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