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EARLIER work by Scott1 demonstrated the inability of S. cepivorum, the cause of white rot disease of onions, to grow or survive, in soil, in the form of mycelium, and focused attention on the biology of its sclerotia, which are produced in large numbers on the base of infected plants.
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Scott, M. R., Ann. App. Biol., 44, (4), 576 (1956).
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COLEY-SMITH, J., HICKMAN, C. Stimulation of Sclerotium Germination in Sclerotium cepivorum Berk.. Nature 180, 445 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180445b0
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