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Effects of temperature, pH and water potential on blomass production or hyphal extension of Gliocladium virens (G20) and three Trichoderma isolates were determined in vitro. Optimum blomass production occurred between 20 and 30°C and at pH ranges between 4.6 and 6.8. Two isolates of T. viride grew at 5°C and G. virens grew at 35°C but no isolates grew at 40°C. Hyphal extension rates and conidial germination of all fungi declined with decreasing water potential over the range -0.7 to -14.0 MPa. In general, growth rates for each isolate were lower on potato/dextrose agar with water potential adjusted with polyethylene glycol than when adjusted with NaCl or glycerol. No mycelial growth or spore germination occurred on agar at-14.0 MPa.
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The authors are with the Microbiology and Crop Protection Department, Horticulture Research International, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 6LP, UK. J.M. Whipps is the corresponding author
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Jackson, A.M., Whipps, J.M. & Lynch, J.M. Effects of temperature, pH and water potential on growth of four fungi with disease biocontrol potential. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 7, 494–501 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303376
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