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ALTHOUGH there are many species of predaceous fungi that capture and kill nematodes in soil, there are little if any data in the literature to indicate if they are preferentially stimulated by roots. Since nematodes tend to accumulate in the root zone or rhizosphere1 we determined the incidence of nematode-trapping fungi in this region as compared with root-free soil.
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Rouatt, J. W., Peterson, E. A., Katznelson, H., and Henderson, V. E., Can. J. Microbiol., 9, 227 (1963).
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PETERSON, E., KATZNELSON, H. Occurrence of Nematode-trapping Fungi in the Rhizosphere. Nature 204, 1111–1112 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041111b0
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