摘要 : Stump treatment with <i>Phlebiopsis gigantea</i> has been widely used as the preferred method for the control of the conifer pathogen, <i>Heterobasidion annosum</i> sensu lato. However, the traits underlying this biocontrol proces... 展开 Stump treatment with <i>Phlebiopsis gigantea</i> has been widely used as the preferred method for the control of the conifer pathogen, <i>Heterobasidion annosum</i> sensu lato. However, the traits underlying this biocontrol process are not fully known. Sixty-four heterokaryotic isolates of <i>P. gigantea</i> from diverse geographical sources were screened for growth rate, laccase production, wood decay capability and antagonistic ability under <i>in vitro</i> conditions. In parallel, spore production, antagonism and growth rates were tested on a subset of 17 homokaryotic isolates and were compared with the heterokaryon strains of the same isolates. The data were statistically analysed using multiple regression and principal component analysis. The result showed that 90% of the <i>P. gigantea</i> isolates were able to replace <i>H. annosum</i> on wood medium compared to 4% on glucose-rich medium. The growth rate on modified nutrient medium supplemented with sawdust showed positive interrelationship with growth rate on the medium with xylan (<i>P</i>=0.0001), % weight loss in pine (<i>P</i>=0.02) and interaction in xylan (<i>P</i>=0.08); but was negatively interrelated with growth rate on nutrient medium containing ferulic acid (<i>P</i>=0.03). Antagonism on sawdust was positively interrelated with laccase production (<i>P</i>=0.03) and % weight loss in pine (<i>P</i>=0.05) but negatively dependent on growth rate in xylan (<i>P</i>=0.03). There was a significant variation in spore production between the homokaryons and the heterokaryons of the same strains. The results show that the antagonistic interaction is partly dependent on the ability of the two fungi to degrade the different structural components of wood. 收起