“…Sornetimes the fungus interacts with the root lesion nematode PratylenchLts peneÍrans and the root rot bacteria Erwinia coccodes to cause a complex vascular wilt disease known as potato eally dying (Rotenberg et al, 2004;Rowe and Powelson, 2002 Xiao et al, 1997), and fruits such as strawbemy and olive (Levin et al, 2003;Harris and Yong, 1996) (Hastie and Heale, 1984 (Typas, 1983;Typas and Heale, 1978 This ability is termed vegetative compatibility (Puhalla,1979 (Rowe and Powelson.2002). The microsclerotia of V. dahliae survive in the soil more than ten years and it can germinate in response to root exudates secreted fi'orn the root tip (Mol, 1995).…”