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An unidentified fungus was isolated from vines affected by the “dying vine” problem in the Murray Valley. Healthy sultana vines in Canberra, Merbein and Woorinen were inoculated with the unidentified fungus.
The fungus was not found to effect the inoculated vines in any manner that was statistically significant when compared to control vines.
The results are thought to confirm the previously expressed opinion that the trouble termed “dying vines” is primarily physiological and that the fungus used for inoculation, although commonly found in affected wood, is only weakly (if at all) parasitic.
The Results of Inoculating Grape Vines with a Fungus Isolated from “Dying Vines
1942, Journal for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), vol 15, pages 81 – 82
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