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DURING a survey of soil- and root-invading fungi in swards of perennial rye-grass carried out in 1956 and 1957 particular attention was given to the occurrence of Fusarium culmorum (W.G.Sm.) Sacc. This species, which is considered to be a soil inhabitant, is also a weak parasite of the roots of many members of the Gramineae, and during the survey it was isolated regularly from soil and from the roots of rye-grass. We find that its occurrence in both of these substrates is influenced by microbial antagonisms.
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GRIFFITHS, E., SIDDIQI, M. Microbial Antagonism of Fusarium culmorum . Nature 182, 956 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182956a0
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