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Soil Fungistasis: Behavior of Nutrient-Independent Spores and Sclerotia in a Model System. S. C. Hsu, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823; J. L. Lockwood, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823. Phytopathology 63:334-337. Accepted for publication 3 October 1972. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-63-334.

Conidia or sclerotia of 17 fungi capable of germination without exogenous nutrients were incubated on soil and in a model system that created a nutrient stress. Germination of 15 of the fungi was inhibited similarly in the two systems, suggesting the importance of microbial depletion of endogenous energy substrates as a factor in soil fungistasis.