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IT has been found by experiment that conidia may be detached from conidiophores by the impact of minute water droplets in a moving mist or cloud. A preliminary report of this is given since it appears to be a mechanism of spore detachment which has not yet been described.
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DAVIES, R. Detachment of Conidia by Cloud Droplets. Nature 183, 1695 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831695a0
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