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ANTIBIOTICS are being used increasingly for the chemotherapy of plant diseases. In tobacco it has been proved effective to use streptomycin to control blue mould1 and wildfire2. In Datura stramonium, Steinegger3 showed that penicillin increased both the growth and alkaloid production. Nickell4 stated that a change in the alkaloid content of tobacco plants by using antibiotics could be utilized to good advantage.
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TSO, T., JEFFREY, R. Effect of Antibiotics on the Growth and Alkaloid Production of Tobacco Plants. Nature 178, 800–801 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178800a0
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