Advances in industrial biotechnology offer potential opportunities for economic utilization of
agro-industrial residues such as coffee pulp and coffee husk. Coffee pulp or husk is a fibrous …

Trichoderma species are free-living, ubiquitous hyphomycete fungi commonly found in all
types of soils and root ecosystems especially those rich in organic matter. Due to their ability …

Phytophthora blight is one of the most important devastating diseases of red pepper plants.
Forty-one bacterial isolates were obtained from rhizosphere soil and subsequently tested for …

Bacterial antagonists of Phytophthora capsici were isolated from underground shoot
portions of rooted cuttings of black pepper. Initially isolates were screened by dual culture on …

The aim of this study was to assess the potential of bacterial antagonists to control
Phytophthora blight of pepper caused by P. capsici using different screening methods …

ABSTRACT Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott.) is an important tropical tuber crop for
millions of people in developing countries. Leaf blight caused by Phytophthora colocasiae …

A novel and effective bio-fungicide, Trichoderma harzianum CH1 was isolated earlier and
characterized for its potential to prevent infestation of pepper and ginger crops by …

Agro-industrial processing always generates waste materials. Coffee is one of the largest
commodities in the world, and its processing yields coffee husk as waste by-product. Its …

The present study was conducted to isolate efficient Trichoderma species which not only are
being used for the management of plant diseases but also for increasing the production of …

A total of 1,487 bacterial isolates were obtained from the rhizosphere, phyllosphere,
endorhiza and endosphere of field-grown pepper. In a dual assay, 232 isolates displayed …