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Coated yeast survived better on spinach than onion seeds.
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e0“A first application of v-qPCR to coated seeds of onion and spinach indicated a differential plant species effect on survival of a coated fungus and a yeast with a generally better survival on seeds of spinach compared to seeds of onions and a similar good survival of the bacterium L. enzymogenes 3.1T8 on both seed types.”
Title
Jürgen Köhl; Lia Groenenboom-de Haas; Ilse Houwers; et al. Biological Control 2024. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105569
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- Method / resource The fungal and bacterial viability qPCR protocols quantified viable isolates across many species, except highly melanized fungal conidia.
- Observation Coated fungus survived better on spinach than onion seeds.
- Observation L. enzymogenes 3.1T8 survived similarly well on both seed types.
- Recommendation The authors propose viability qPCR for screening antagonists and compatible seed processing technologies.