*2.3. Assessment of Toxicity/Pathogenicity of CARA17 on Cucumis sativus L. cotyledons In Vitro*

To ascertain if the CARA17 strain was phytotoxic for fennel seedlings, no symptoms were observed after 3, 6 and 12 days from inoculations when aliquots of its propagules were placed on young cotyledons of cucumber (Figure 1).
