
%0 Journal Article
%A Nair, NG 
%T Studies on the behaviour of mushroom spores in relation to the epidemiology of virus disease
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1979/12/01
%V 30
%N 6
%P 1123-1132
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9791123
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9791123 
%X The Cholodny slide technique has been successfully used to study the behaviour of virus-infected spores in the casing on mushroom beds in relation to the epidemiology of virus disease. The results show that virus-infected spores can transmit the disease to mushroom mycelium in the casing through germination and anastomosis under a wide range of growing conditions such as levels of moisture, pH and salinity in the casing, type of casing material and cropping temperature. Peziza ostracoderma stimulated the germination of virus-infected mushroom spores, whereas Sporendonema purpurascens and Trichoderma sp. inhibited their germination. The significance of these fungal moulds on the epidemiology of mushroom virus disease is discussed. 
