Subject: Re: Mycofungicides

From: Conal Elliott <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:07:00 -0700

Eric Grunden wrote:
> 
> Seeing the previous post about mycoinsecticides made me start
> wondering if a similar process utilizing mycoparasites of
> plant pathogens as a form of biocontrol would work. Sort of
> a natural "fungicide" (a mycofungicide!). Has anyone done work
> on this?.......
> --
>                         *******************
> The Spirit of Nature, a powerful force,
>         belongs and returns to its creative source.
> - Excerpted from The Collective Works of Johnny Pokerface -

I have been working with Trichoderma spp. as a biological 
control for a cankering disease in trees.  It seems to be 
the best candidate for the job. Check out my web page for more 
information.  I don't have any results yet, though.
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~melliott