Fig. 8. Fungi with potential for use as biological weed control agents in agro-ecosystems should be tested for compatibility with other pesticides that may be used in the system. Pictured here is a Petri plate assay of Dactylaria higginsii, a potential biological control agent for nutsedges, grown on media amended with pesticides that might be used in a conventional tomato production system (115).

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