美国马里兰州贝尔茨维尔的作物病理学家詹姆斯·丁·马罗斯和他的合作者发现普通土壤中,有一种名叫 Talaromyces flafus 的真菌,能强有力的对付轮枝孢属真菌对茄子的侵害。轮枝菌能引起棉花、土豆、苜蓿等的黄萎病。美国每年因黄萎病损失棉花达1亿美元以上,土豆损失5千万美元以上。过去对付轮枝菌完全依赖熏蒸剂,但价格昂贵,使用不便,也不能彻底根治,同时还污染环 James Ding Malos, a crop pathologist in Beltsville, Maryland, and his collaborators found that there is a fungus called Talaromyces flafus in common soils that is powerful against the rot of eggplant by Verticillium fungi . Verticillium causes cotton, potato, alfalfa and other Verticillium wilt. The United States each year due to Verticillium wilt losses of cotton more than 100 million US dollars, potato losses of more than 50 million US dollars. In the past to deal with Verticillium completely rely on fumigants, but expensive, inconvenient to use, it can not be completely cured, but also pollute the ring