and used for the tomato seed
treatments. F. oxysporumwas cultured in Nutrient Broth (NB,
Biokar Diagnostics, Beauvais, France) for 5 days at 28∘C and
180 rpm. The mycelium was aseptically collected on filter
paper and washed with three culture volumes of deionizedsterile
water. Three grams of wet mycelium (dry weight 15
to 18% w/w) were resuspended in 1000mL deionized sterile
water and were thoroughlymixed with 1 kg of sterile soil