Pelleting of seed with the antagonist Pythium oligandrum for biological control of damping-off |
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| Authors: | R S LUTCHMEAH R C COOKE |
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| Institution: | Botany Department, University of Sheffield. Sheffield S10 2TN. UK |
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| Abstract: | Pythium oligandrum oospores, incorporated in clay carrier, survived a commercial seed-pelleting process to give protection against damping-off in sugar beet and cress induced by Pythium ultimum , together with damping-off in carrot caused by Mycocentrospora acerina.
It is suggested that field scale evaluation of P. oligandrum as a biocontrol of fungally incited seedling diseases is now both feasible and desirable. |
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