A rapid method for screening potential biological control agents of wood decay

摘要

AbstractSixteen isolates of microfungi, obtained from freshly felled pine, were screened for inhibitory activity on a number of wood‐decay basidiomycetes. The screening procedure employed a bi‐layer test which involved growing the potential biocontrol isolates on either agar medium or irradiated pine discs. The influence that the two different substrata had on subsequent inhibition of decay fungi may have important implications for the screening of isolates for biocontrol activity. The use of such techniques for screening biocontrol agents is discus