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THE colonization in soil of detached host tissue by soil-inhabiting parasitic fungi was demonstrated by Sadasivan1 with Fusarium culmorum. Recently, this technique has been utilized by several University of Madras research workers in studies to determine the effect of micro-elements on the colonization and survival of Fusaria in cotton and gram (Cajanus cajan) roots2–4. Generally, they found that zinc, aluminium, boron, lithium, manganese and cobalt at soil concentrations from 100 to 400 p.p.m. retarded Fusarium colonization and survival.
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STOVER, R. Measurement of Colonization and Surviva of Soil Fusaria in Detached Plant Tissue. Nature 172, 465 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172465a0
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