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A system was developed to evaluate the effects of root growth of cotton seedlings on the inoculum dynamics ofGliocladium virens in nonsterile soil. In soil infested withG. virens, inoculum densities of the fungus increased when plants remained alive. After 30 days, shoots were excised and the roots allowed to deteriorate. During this portion of the experiment (30–60 days) soil inoculum densities ofG. virens declined. In infested soil without a seedling, inoculum densities remained constant throughout the duration of the experiments. Colonization of roots byG. virens was found to increase throughout the duration of the experiments. At 60 daysG. virens was recovered from approximately 60% of the root pieces (1-cm) sampled. The percentage of primary, secondary, or tertiary roots colonized was different (P = 0.01), but the total colonization of roots at three depths (0–10, 10–20, and 20–30 cm) was not different (P = 0.64). In noninfested soil, colonization of roots by indigenous propagules ofG. virens was never greater than 3%.
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Park, YH., Kenerley, C.M. & Stack, J.P. Inoculum dynamics ofGliocladium virens associated with roots of cotton seedlings. Microb Ecol 23, 169–179 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172638
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