Forty two fungal isolates were screened for antibiotic activity. In these sceering tests inhibition of target wood decay fungi was expressed as a series of numerical scores for each isolate. These scores, along with values for 5 other charactetistics, were used to assess the isolates. Using selection indices, isolates were judged on the basis of all the characteristics combined and, ranked in order of overall biological control potential with suitable computer programs. The opportunity to deal rapidly with large amounts of data relating to numerous isolates has made this approach particularly valuable in developing a study in biological control of wood decay.

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