“…Despite the finding of Broadbent et al (1971) that organisms lacking antibiosis in vitro were also ineffective in soil, numerous reports indicate that mechanisms other than antibiosis, e.g. mycoparasitism, induction of phytoalexins in roots, and competition may be involved in suppression of Ggt (Fravel, 1988;Poplawsky and Ellingboe, 1989;Siegel, 1961;Sivasithamparam and Parker, 1978;Thomashow and Weller, 1990). Furthermore antibiosis in vitro is highly affected by the constitution of the culture medium used to test for antagonism (Fravel, 1988;Rovira and Witdermuth, 1981).…”