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Extraction of a Volatile Factor from Soil-Inducing Fungistasis. T. S. Hora, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80521; Ralph Baker, Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80521. Phytopathology 62:1475-1476. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-62-1475.

A volatile factor extracted in water from soil significantly inhibited germination of conidia in 8 of 12 species of test fungi. Presence of conidia in water during extraction was necessary for inhibition of spore germination.