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Bottlegourd seedlings raised from antagonists coated seeds did not show any wilting symptoms and remained completely healthy. The pathogen quantum inside the host tissue was found least. The pathogen propagules per gram of host tissue were restricted and the soil population of theFusarium oxysporum was reduced very much in antagonists introduced soil.
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Gaikwad, S.J., Sen, B. & Meshram, S.U. Effect of bottlegourd seedcoating with antagonists on seedlings, quantum of the pathogen inside the seedlings and population of the soil againstFusarium oxysporum . Plant Soil 101, 205–210 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02370646
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