Research Article

Evaluation of the Biocontrol Potential of Endophytic Fungus Fusarium solani CEF559 against Verticillium dahliae in Cotton Plant

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Growth inhibition of Verticillium dahliae by Fusarium solani CEF559: antifungal activity of F. solani CEF559 against V. dahliae in the dual culture test after incubation for 6 days (a); morphology of V. dahliae Vd080 incubated alone (top) and dual cultured with CEF559 on PDA media (bottom) for 14 days (b); inhibition of V. dahliae germination in the unsterilized (c) and sterilized (d) metabolites of CEF559; antifungal activity of crude protein F. solani CEF559 towards V. dahliae after incubation for 3 days (e).