Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 05:42
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- The fungus Ascochyta rabiei threatens chickpea crops the world over. But now this blight-causing pathogen could meet its match in Aureobasidium pullulans, a rival fungus that Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are investigating as a biocontrol agent.