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Roots of greenhouse-grown peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) and spearmint (Mentha spicata L.)
plants and in vitro-grown shoot cultures were inoculated with Verticillium dahliae conidial suspensions to
study symptom development, detection, and elimination of the V. dahliae. There were significant
differences in the symptom expression of control and infected shoot cultures...