Effect of silicic acid on the crowth of fusarium species

Abstract EN

This study was conducted to detuning the 'influence of silicic acid on growth of Fusarium so / anyFusarium oxysporum, Fusarium coeru / eum and Fusarium ciliatum.

The addition of silicic acid to Czapek Dox liquid medium led to an increase in growth (biomass) of all Fusarium species over 4 weeks incubation period.

The biomass increase was associated with increase in the concentration of soluble silicon, which also increased with increasing period of incubation.

The largest amount of biomass was recorded in the treatments of F.

so /any and F.

oxysporum that were five-fold higher than control.

These species exhibited the largest concentration of soluble silicon present in the medium.

Silicic acid stimulated the growth of Fusarium species when added to Czapek Dox liquid medium.