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Results from this study found that S. nutans had a significant decrease in fungal richness in fungicide-treated plots, fungicide did not affect fungal composition, two isolates produce auxin, all isolates produce ammonia, no isolate could solubilize phosphate, and that an Alternaria sp., Nemania sp., Hypoxylon sp., and Phoma sp. significantly increased change in height of their respective plant hosts only in either control or fertilized conditions. 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