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The effect of volatile and gaseous metabolites of swelling seeds on germination of fungal spores

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Effects of volatile and gaseous metabolites of swelling seeds of pea, bean, wheat, corn, cucumber, tomato, lentil, carrot, red pepper and lettuce on germination of spores of five genera of fungi were found to depend rather on the fungal than on the plant genus. Germination of spores ofBotrytis cinerea, Mucor racemosus andTrichoderma viride was most severely inhibited. Spores ofVerticillium dahliae were less sensitive and germination of spores ofFusarium oxysporum was inhibited only in two cases. On the other hand, exudates of pea and bean stimulated germination of spores ofFusarium oxysporum. Also spores ofTrichoderma viride germinated better in an atmosphere enriched with exuded metabolites of swelling lettuce seeds. When carbon dioxide produced by the swelling seeds was absorbed in potassium hydroxide, spores ofTrichoderma viride andVerticillium dahliae did not germinate at all, the inhibitory effects of volatile and gaseous exudates on germination of spores ofMucor racemosus were accentuated, and also the percentage of germinated spores ofFusarium oxysporum decreased. Germination of spores ofBotrytis cinerea was not influenced. Absorption of volatile and gaseous metabolites in a solution of potassium permanganate decreased in most cases their inhibitory effects, particularly inBotrytis cinerea.

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Čatská, V., Apifi, A.F. & Vančura, V. The effect of volatile and gaseous metabolites of swelling seeds on germination of fungal spores. Folia Microbiol 20, 152–156 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876772

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