Table 3 Inoculation of Mangifera indica saplings with different isolates.

From: Fusarium kuroshium is the primary fungal symbiont of an ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea fornicatus, and can kill mango tree in Japan

Treatment

Test code

No. of saplings

Inoculum

Source

Morphology

Wound inoculation

FK

10

Fusarium kuroshiuma

Hyphae

FD

10

Fusarium decemcellulare b

Hyphae

Control

CT

10

Sterilized toothpicks c

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  1. aIsolate from the head of an adult female E. fornicatus on October 4, 2018.
  2. bIsolate from the abdomen of an adult female E. fornicatus on October 5, 2018.
  3. cWounded control without fungal inoculum.
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