Sterol Induction of Reproduction and Stimulation of Growth of Pythium and Phytophthora
- 22 May 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 144 (3621), 1028-1029
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.144.3621.1028
Abstract
Sterols of fungal, plant, and animal origin induced sexual reproduction in Pythium periplocum and Phytophthora megasperma var. sojae and the formation of large zoosporangia in Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae. Some sterols, especially cholesterol, stimulated growth.Keywords
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