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Physiology and Biochemistry

Influence of Carbon Sources, Amino Acids, and Water Potential on Growth and Sporulation of Fusarium moniliforme. W. H. Hsieh, Former graduate student, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Present address of senior author: Taiwan Sugar Experiment Station, 54 Sheng Chaan Road, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China; W. C. Snyder(2), and S. N. Smith(3). (2)(3)Professor emeritus, and plant pathologist, respectively, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. Phytopathology 69:602-604. Accepted for publication 18 December 1978. Copyright 1979 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-69-602.

The ability of Fusarium moniliforme, isolated from corn, to grow and sporulate on several carbon sources and amino acids, and on various salt solutions was tested. Macroconidial production and growth usually were greatest on soluble starch or maltose. Soluble starch was markedly superior to the other carbon sources tested. Microconidia were produced most numerously in 0.4–0.5 M KCl, concentrations too high for optimum growth or macroconidia production.