Fig 8. Microscopic observation of Fusarium culmorum macroconidia germination after 6, 12, 24 and 96 h of exposure to intracellular metabolites of different selected bacterial strains at 28°C.

Red asterisks indicate no germination; green asterisks indicate germination and normal hyphal morphology; and purple asterisks indicate germination with misshapen hyphae. "%g" corresponds to the percentage of macroconidia germination; "Lh" corresponds to length of hyphae (mm) per square (0.033 x 0.033 mm). Scale bar = 0.33 mm. Data correspond to the mean of a minimum of nine repetitions ± SE. Different letters above data show significant differences within rows (p ≤ 0.05).