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White rot

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(Bot.) a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella.
- F. L. Scribner.

See also: Rot



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Bumpus, 1990 "Methods for the degradation of environmentally persistent organic compounds using white rot fungi.
Heartwood is very durable to insect attack as welt as white rot and brown rot fungi.
Lignin levels were lower in the recycled material suggesting the presence of a white rot fungus, since white rot fungi decompose both lignin and cellulose (van Griensvan, 1988).
 
 
 
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