Abstract: Efficient methods for cultivating garlic plants are disclosed. Bulbils, which are smaller but available in a larger number per plant than cloves, are used in: a first method for cultivating garlic plant, wherein bulbils of a garlic plant are planted in spring for cultivation after stored for wintering at a temperature not inducing fleshy clove formation; a second method of cultivating garlic plants, wherein a garlic plant in which fleshy clove formation may have been induced (e.g., one which has been exposed to a low temperature in winter) is warmed to negate the state of fleshy clove formation, then the bulbils thereof are planted in spring for cultivation; and a third method of cultivating garlic plants, wherein a garlic plant which has been harvested in the Southern Hemisphere and has not wintered is transported to the Northern Hemisphere, and the bulbils thereof are planted in spring for cultivation.

Abstract: Disclosed are the novel microorganisms HF8815 and HF8835 belonging to Genus Fusarium oxysporum which are non-pathogenic to garlic and capable of suppressing mycotic infection in garlic. A suppressant for mycotic infection in garlic comprising said microorganisms or its culture medium as an effective ingredient and a method for suppressing mycotic infection in garlic utilizing said suppressant are also disclosed. The use of the microorganism can effectively suppress the mycotic infection in garlic effectuating a biological means involving cross defense mechanism without giving any adverse effects to the soil nor deteriorating the environment.