The plant-Trichoderma-pathogen triangle is a complicated web of numerous processes.
Trichoderma spp. are avirulent opportunistic plant symbionts. In addition to being successful …

Postharvest diseases cause considerable losses to harvested fruits and vegetables during
transportation and storage. Synthetic fungicides are primarily used to control postharvest …

Antagonism of plant pathogenic fungi by endophytic fungi is a well-known phenomenon. In
plate assays, the antagonism could be due to mycoparasitism, competition for space or …

Acidic soils rapidly retain applied phosphorus fertilizers and consequently present low
availability of this nutrient to plants. The use of phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms to …

Fungi in the genus Trichoderma have been known since at least the 1920s for their ability to
act as biocontrol agents against plant pathogens. Until recently, the principal mechanisms …

Fungi play vital roles in all ecosystems, as decomposers, symbionts of animals and plants
and as parasites. Thus their ecology is of great interest. It has been estimated that there may …

The potential of the biocontrol agent Trichoderma harzianum T-203 to trigger plant defense
responses was investigated by inoculating roots of cucumber seedlings with Trichoderma in …

Species of Trichoderma, a genus of hyphomycetes, are ubiquitous in the environment, but
especially in soils. They have been used or encountered in many human activities, including …

Karst caves are characterized by darkness, low temperature, high humidity, and oligotrophic
organisms due to its relatively closed and strongly zonal environments. Up to now, 1626 …

Biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens is a potential alternative to the use of
chemical pesticides, which have already been proved to be harmful to the environment …