Microscopically with sterile, melanized mycelium, and formation of scarce sclerotia. F. verticilloides, development of white filamentous colony, fast growing, with diffusible purple pigment. The ...

Generally, in vitro testing evaluates the responses of microconidia, macroconidia or hyphae (Arrese et al., 2001; Yazdanparast and Barton, 2006) but under in vivo conditions infectious entity is ...