title: Toxicity of Phytophthora infestans and Alternaria solani to chick embryos.
abstract: None of the extracts and culture filtrates from growth of 9 races of Phytophthora infestans on living potato tissue and potato dextrose broth are toxic to chick embryos. Chloroform extracts of 4 out of 10 isolates of Alternaria solani grown on potato dextrose broth showed some toxicity to chick embryos.
mesh_terms: D000528:Alternaria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003470:Culture Media; D005658:Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010838:Phytophthora / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media