Abstract
Antagonism of ectotrophic mycorrhizal fungi to Phytophthora cinnamomi, other root pathogenic fungi, and soil bacteria was examined. In agar plate tests, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius deliciosus, Leucopaxillus cerealis var. piceina, Pisolithus tinctorius, and Suillus luteus inhibited growth of nearly half of the 48 different fungal root pathogens. Leucopaxillus cerealis var. piceina inhibited 92% of the test pathogens. Differences in sensitivity of several isolates of P. cinnamomi to inhibitions by this symbiont were not found. Culture filtrates of L. cerealis var. piceina were inhibitory also to growth of P. cinnamomi and soil bacteria. Zoospore germination was inhibited completely in filtrates of this symbiont. Maximum antibiotic production occurred during the rapid growth phase in liquid culture. Length of culture incubation and temperature strongly influenced production of inhibitory substances by L. cerealis var. piceina in liquid culture. It grew best from 10 to 20 C, whereas P. tinctorius grew best from 30 to 35 C in liquid culture.
Keywords
BiologyAntagonismMycorrhizal fungiBotanyFungusPathogenic bacteriaResistance (ecology)BacteriaMycorrhizaSymbiosisMicrobiologyInoculationEcologyHorticulture
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Donald H. Marx
(2025).
The Influence of Ectotrophic Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Resistance of Pine Roots to Pathogenic Infections. I. Antagonism of Mycorrhizal Fungi to Root Pathogenic Fungi and Soil Bacteria.
Phytopathology
, 115
(8V)
, 153-163.
https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-59-153
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- 10.1094/phyto-59-153