Multiple infections of subcrown internodes of wheat (Triticum aestivum) by common root rot fungi

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Abstract
In the greenhouse, subcrown internodes of wheat plants were inoculated with Cochliobolus sativus (Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur, Fusarium culmorum (W. G. Smith) Sacc., F. acuminatum Ell. & Ev., or F. sulplureum Schlecht. and at various times subsequently with C. sativus; or the internodes were inoculated with C. sativus and subsequently with it or a Fusarium sp. Using isolation of the fungi as the criterion for infection, it was found that prepossession of the internode by C. sativus did not prevent later invasion by it or by the fusaria; however, C. sativus was a relatively unsuccessful challenger to F. culmorum and F. acuminatum. The results suggest that when C. sativus and one of these two Fusarium spp. appear together in isolations from common root rot diseased plants that the initial invader was C. sativus.

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