Some observations concerning microsclerotia and spore production of Mycoleptodiscus terrestris in culture.
Some interesting growth characteristics of Mycoleptodiscus terrestris were discovered while evaluating the fungus as a potential bioherbicide for management of the submersed macrophyte, Hydrilla verticillata. Microsclerotia were produced readily in a liquid culture medium containing a basal salts solution supplemented with corn steep liquor powder and glucose. Dried microsclerotia were capable of germinating hyphally within 24 h and sporogenically within 72 h. Initiation of spore production was not dependent on the presence of host plant material or light.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Fenrry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180, USA. Judy.F.Shearer@erdc.usace.army.mil
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D001203:Ascomycota / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D031321:Hydrocharitaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D009024:Morphogenesis; D013172:Spores, Fungal
D003470:Culture Media