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Physiology and Biochemistry

Growth of and Oxalic Acid Production by Cristulariella pyramidalis on Selected Culture Media. P. Kurian, Graduate student, Plant Sciences Division, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506; D. A. Stelzig, professor, Plant Sciences Division, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506. Phytopathology 69:712-714. Accepted for publication 19 January 1979. Copyright 1979 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-69-712.

Oxalic acid was isolated from media that had supported growth of Cristulariella pyramidalis. Oxalic acid was produced at all stages of growth and in all media that supported growth. Application of either isolated or authentic oxalic acid to wounded bean leaves caused lesions similar to those observed in C. pyramidalis-infected plants.