Many thanks, Ben That’s helpful. Regards Ian ____________________________ Ian Hood Forest Protection Scientist, Scion 07 343 5538 From: Benjamin Held [mailto:bheld@umn.edu] Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2015 11:19 a.m. To: Ian Hood Cc: rg70200-forpath(a)lists.iufro.org Subject: Re: [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Selective culture medium for isolating basidiomycetes Dear Ian and All, You can still purchase Benomyl from Sigma for about 60 usd: http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/381586?lang=en&regi… We have found that several ml's of 95% etoh in equal amount of water will help it dissolve. Hope this helps, Ben On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Ian Hood <Ian.Hood@scionresearch.com<mailto:Ian.Hood@scionresearch.com>> wrote: With the reduced availability of Benlate fungicide our lab is seeking other options for a selective medium for isolating basidiomycete cultures (unlike many other fungal groups, basidiomycetes are able to grow in the presence of the added active ingredient, benomyl). I would be pleased to hear what media other laboratories may be currently using to isolate basidiomycte fungi and what people may think of their effectiveness. ____________________________ Ian Hood Forest Protection Scientist Scion (NZ Forest Research Inst. Ltd.) 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand DDI +64 7 343 5538<tel:%2B64%207%20343%205538> www.scionresearch.com<http://www.scionresearch.com/> | My Scion Profile<http://www.scionresearch.com/general/about-us/our-people/people/… | My LinkedIn Profile<https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=123459716&authType=… www.youtube.com/scionresearch<http://www.youtube.com/scionresearch> | New Zealand forest disease leaflets<http://www.scionresearch.com/research/forest-science/biosecurit… [cid:image001.jpg@01D046BA.AA0EC360] ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential or subject to copyright. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it. Scion does not accept responsibility for anything in this e-mail which is not provided in the course of Scion’s usual business or for any computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from this e-mail. _______________________________________________ IUFRO Mailing List To post a message to all list members, send email to: rg70200-forpath@lists.iufro.org<mailto:rg70200-forpath@lists.iufro.org> List info and Archive: http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/overview/ -- Benjamin Held, Ph.D. Sr. Scientist, Department of Plant Pathology University of Minnesota 1991 Upper Buford Circle, 495 Borlaug Hall St. Paul, MN 55108 Phone: 612-859-8294<tel:612-859-8294> Web: http://forestpathology.cfans.umn.edu/ ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential or subject to copyright. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it. Scion does not accept responsibility for anything in this e-mail which is not provided in the course of Scion’s usual business or for any computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from this e-mail.