After 6–12 days, Fusa-rium resembling colonies were transferred to PDA (MerckDarmstadt Germany) and incubated at 22 ± 2◦C for 6 days.Single-colonies were then produced by washing off sporeswith sterile deionized distilled water and by serial dilutionson PDA plates. Spores produced were stored at −80◦C untilfurther use.