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IN these laboratories we have found tomato and potato suitable subjects for the study of the effect of streptomycin on host – pathogen relationships and have observed an interesting effect of this antibacterial substance on the course of development of infections due to Phytophthora infestans. Bonde1 has reported a similar effect from the absorption of terramycin hydrochloride through the cut stems of Katahdin potato plants, but failed to obtain an effect with streptomycin even at concentrations of 100 µgm.ml.
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Bonde, R., Phytopathology, 43, 463 (1953).
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MULLER, K., MACKAY, J. & FRIEND, J. Effect of Streptomycin on the Host – Pathogen Relationship of a Fungal Phytopathogen. Nature 174, 878–879 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174878a0
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