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IN a discussion which we had early this year with Dr. Portheim of Kew Gardens, the latter raised the question of the use of antibiotics in the control of plant diseases caused by bacteria and fungi, and suggested that preliminary work which he had carried out supported his contention that gliotoxin-producing fungi might be found useful in combating such diseases. Dr. Portheim's views would appear to have been in part substantiated by the recent observation of Brian and McGrowan1.
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Brian, P. W., and McGowan, J. C., Nature, 156, 144 (1945).
Meredith, C. H., Phytopath., 34, 426 (1944).
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THAYSEN, A., BUTLIN, K. Inhibition of the Development of Fusarium oxysporum cubense by a Growth Substance produced by Meredith's Actinomycetes. Nature 156, 781–782 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156781b0
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