“…The simplest seed inoculation methods are immersion in a spore suspension (Tanaka & Menten, 1991) and placing the seeds in contact with a fungal colony grown in conventional culture media. Seed inoculation with fungi or bacteria has been performed for different crops (Costa, Machado, Guimarães, Pozza, & Oride, 2003;Machado, Oliveira, Vieira, & Alves, 2004;Machado, Machado, Vieira, Cassetari Neto, & Souza, 2007;Rosa, 2006;Sousa et al, 2008;Farias, Del Ponte, Corrêa, Afonso, & Pierobom, 2010;Rodrigues et al, 2016).…”