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Seed treatment of Phaseolus mungo Roxb. with non-volatile metabolites of dominant seed fungi such as Chaetomium indicum Corda and Curvularia lunata (Walker) Boedijn and the antibiotic substances: chetomin, curvularin and brefeldin reduced the percent incidence of microfungi and bacteria but induced the Streptomyces sp. The antagonistic behaviour of seed microflora was assessed in vitro.
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Tandon, R.N., Gupta, R.C., Shukla, A.N. et al. Antagonistic interactions among seedborne microflora and dynamics of microbial incidence. Arch. Microbiol. 120, 77–80 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00413278
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