Endophytic Trichoderma spp. can protect strawberry and privet plants from infection by the fungus Armillaria mellea

• Helen J. Rees,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Crop Protection Team, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Plant Health, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Surrey, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8578-1955

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• Jassy Drakulic,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Surrey, United Kingdom

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• Matthew G. Cromey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Health, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Surrey, United Kingdom

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• Andy M. Bailey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Gary D. Foster

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gary.foster@bristol.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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