BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF DAMPING OFF AND ROOT ROT AND A SEED INOCULUM THEREFORE

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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF DAMPING OFF AND ROOT ROTAND A SEED INOCULUM THEREFORABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREThe invention includes substantially purecultures of ATCC 53522 and mutants thereof effectivein protecting plants from damping off and root rot asdeterminable by a defined plant protection assay.The invention further includes a protecting toxinproduced by the bacteria just referred to. A seedinoculum includes an effective quantity of thebacteria or the toxin in a carrier. A method forprotecting plants from damping off and root rotincludes placing an affective quantity of thebacteria or toxin in the immediate vicinity of aplant to be protected.