Colonization of Crop Residue byFusarium oxysporumf. sp.melonisand Other Species ofFusarium

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(...) The proportion of total root colonization represented by each of the four fungi was the same before and after shoot removal except that, under some conditions, F. equiseti represented a significantly greater proportion of total colonization after shoot removal. Averaged over seven different residue sources, population densities of F. o. melonis on buried shoot tissue were greater than those of nonpathogenic F. oxysporum. This difference could not be attributed to differences in soil inoculum density of the two fungi or to prior colonization of the shoot tissue by F. o. melonis