Interactions among filamentous fungi Aspergillus niger, Fusarium verticillioides and Clonostachys rosea: fungal biomass, diversity of secreted metabolites and fumonisin production

Table 3 Fitness of fungal species in single and dual cultures of Aspergillus niger (A.n.), Fusarium verticillioides (F.v.), and Clonostachys rosea (C.r.)

Days	Interacting fungi	Relative biomass in dual culture [rB_i(d,j)]		Relative biomass in single culture [rB_i(s,j)]		Growth rates in single cultures	Index of competitive fitness [rFi(j)]
Days	i + j	i	j	i	j		A.n.	F.v.	C.r.
10	A.n. + F.v.	1.12	0.88	1.19	0.81	C.r. > A.n. > F.v.	−0.06	0.09
	A.n. + C.r.	1.07	0.93	0.96	1.04		0.11		−0.11
	F.v. + C.r.	1.35	0.65	0.77	1.23			0.75	−0.47
20	A.n. + F.v.	1.76	0.24	1.12	0.88	C.r. > A.n. > F.v.	0.57	−0.73
	A.n. + C.r.	1.24	0.76	0.92	1.08		0.35		−0.3
	F.v. + C.r.	0.33	1.67	0.8	1.2			−0.59	0.39
30	A.n. + F.v.	1.2	0.8	1.38	0.62	C.r. > A.n. > F.v.	−0.13	0.29
	A.n. + C.r.	1.28	0.72	0.78	1.22		0.64		−0.41
	F.v. + C.r.	0.09	1.91	0.44	1.56			−0.8	0.22

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