Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest direct seedling inoculation with sclerotia may be possible.
- Taxon
- Paxillus involutus
Paxillus involutust0 - Outcome
- inoculate seedlings directly with sclerotiae0
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Verbatim
e0“it may be possible to inoculate seedlings directly with sclerotia.”
t0“Paxillus involutus”
Title
D. J. Grenville; R. L. Peterson; Y. Piché Canadian Journal of Botany 1985. doi:10.1139/b85-195
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Paxillus involutus sclerotia were produced with Pinus strobus in growth pouches and on nutrient medium.
- Observation Paxillus involutus sclerotia were produced with Pinus resinosa in growth pouches and on nutrient medium.
- Observation Sclerotia had a pigmented rind, thin cortex and large medulla of isodiametric cells.
- Observation Medullary and cortical cells contained large glycogen deposits and smaller protein and lipid deposits.
- Mechanism Structural features suggest sclerotia are persistent propagules that may reinfect roots after environmental stress.
- Observation Sclerotia can be produced in pure culture.