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Anti-bacterial effect of methyl trans-cinnamate in the mycorrhizosphere of Tricholoma matsutake
Hui-won Kim
Chung-ryol Zhang
Myong-ho Choe
Song-il Pak
Chol Kim
Se-ju Kim
Kwang-il To
Trends in Horticulture 2026, 9(1), 11718; https://doi.org/10.24294/th11718
Submitted:30 Apr 2025
Accepted:02 Apr 2026
Published:24 Apr 2026
Abstract
In this study, we examined the effect of methyl trans-cinnamate against the growth of the indigenous microbes in the mycorrhizosphere of Tricholoma matsutake that forms an ectomycorrhizal association with pines. Methyl trans-cinnamate inhibited the growth of most indigenous bacterial strains isolated from the mycorrhizosphere, but with no negative effect on the proliferation of Tricholoma matsutake. We might make use of this material in a successful cultivation of matsutake in the future.
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