A Simple Method for Stabilizing and Granulating Fungi
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Biocontrol Science and Technology
- Vol. 9 (1) , 5-8
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09583159929857
Abstract
A simple method, 'Stabileze', is described for granulating fungi with water-absorbent starch, sucrose, corn oil and silica. The potential biological control fungi, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Fusarium oxysporum , were stabilized using this protocol. Bioassays were performed on C. gloeosporioides and showed retention of pathogenicity. Sucrose and oil were tested for their effects on the viability of F. oxysporum over time, and sucrose appears to be the most beneficial factor.Keywords
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