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Non Pathogenic Isolates of Rhizoctonia Spp. (np-R) and Their Role in Biological Control

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Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Disease Control

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Expression of virulence by populations of any pathogen is generally a continuum between two extremes; high virulence and avirulence. Low virulent to avirulent isolates are considered hypovirulent. At some point along this continuum however, hypovirulence ends and virulence begins (Van Alfen, 1982). Hypovirulence may be transmissible, involving dsRNA mycoviruses as in the case of Cryphonectria parasitica (Van Alfen, 1982), or non transmissible as in Rhizoctonia spp. (Ichielevich-Auster et al., 1985a; Finkler et al., 1985).

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Sneh, B. (1996). Non Pathogenic Isolates of Rhizoctonia Spp. (np-R) and Their Role in Biological Control. In: Sneh, B., Jabaji-Hare, S., Neate, S., Dijst, G. (eds) Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Disease Control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2901-7_43

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