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Interactions of actinomycetes with Macrophomina phaseoli (Maubl.) Ashby; The cause of root rot of cotton

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Macrophomina phaseoli, the cause of root rot of cotton, was inhibited byStreptomyces albus, S. griseus andS. noursei in agar culture.S. aureofaciens, S. flaveolus, S. rimosus, S. scabies andS. venezuelae were non-antagonistic. Only the antagonisticStreptomyces were found to reduceMacrophomina infection on cotton seedlings in soil without any deleterious effect on cotton growth.

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Ghaffar, A. Interactions of actinomycetes with Macrophomina phaseoli (Maubl.) Ashby; The cause of root rot of cotton. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 44, 271–276 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02128641

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