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Factors controlling Sexual Reproduction and Growth in Pythium graminicola

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RECENTLY, it was found that sterols induce the formation of oogonia in certain species of Pythium1 and Phytophthora2. We have shown that the response of these organisms to sterols depends on the composition of the medium in which they are grown3. This communication shows that zinc and manganese as well as sterol are essential to oogonium formation in an isolate of Pythium graminicola; calcium seems to be required for maturation of oogonia. Zinc, manganese and sterol are also very stimulatory to the vegetative growth of this fungus.

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LENNEY, J., KLEMMER, H. Factors controlling Sexual Reproduction and Growth in Pythium graminicola. Nature 209, 1365–1366 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091365a0

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