Effectiveness of Lettuce Seed Encapsulation Containing Trichoderma Sp. in Control of Damping-off Disease

Utilization of the antagonist fungus Trichoderma sp. in suppressing damping-off disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani can be done various ways. One them is through coating seeds or encapsulation. This study aims to determine effectiveness lettuce encapsulation containing storage time up 12 weeks. The results showed that use talc and kaolin as a material carrier with 1 week had highest germination rate 96%, while lowest was at weeks storage, which only 0-5%. low percentage infected seedlings, starting from 0 8 At provision form 40% on last day observation value controlling disease, 60%. Thus, seed using most effective