The antagonistic activities of five biocontrol agents: Trichoderma harzianum, Gliocladium roseum, Bacillus subtilis, Streptomyces noursei and Streptomyces natalensis, were tested in vitro against Colletotrichum acutatum and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, the causal agents of anthracnose disease in fruit crops. The microbial antagonists inhibited mycelial growth in the dual culture assay and co...

The presence of phorbol esters (PEs) with toxic properties limits the use of Jatropha curcas kernel in the animal feed industry. Therefore, suitable methods to detoxify PEs have to be developed to render the material safe as a feed ingredient. In the present study, the biological treatment of the extracted PEs-rich fraction with non-pathogenic fungi (Trichoderma harzianum JQ350879.1, T. harzian...

alpha-1,3-Glucanases (mutanases) are currently of great interest due to their potential use in the field of dental care. These enzymes have been reported in several bacteria, yeasts and fungi, but up to now, characterization of this family of proteins has been relatively poor. In this study, we identify and characterize a mutanase gene from Trichoderma harzianum CCM F-340. Sequence analysis, on...

An experiment was performed with commercial and noncommercial Trichoderma harzianum strains to test whether they have any effect on the growth of tomato seedlings. The tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. ‘Caruso’) seedlings were grown in a greenhouse and watered daily by hand. 18-day old seedlings were inoculated with Trichoderma harzianum strains Plantshield, T22, and T95 (10conidia plus...

Helminthosporium (Bipolaris) causes a leaf spot disease in Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (cane palm) in Sri Lanka. The losses could reach 90% of production during rainy weather conditions. Field experiments were carried out to test the efficacy of treatment of seeds of C. lutescens against Helminthosporium infection. In the fungal growth tests the isolates T.harzianum 1, T.harzianum 2, T.viride 1,...

همزمان با ورود آفت غیر بومی و مهاجم شب پرة شمشاد Cydalima perspectalis به ایران گزارش آن از مناطق شمالی کشور، فعالیت­های پژوهشی در خصوص راهکارهای کنترل این قبل آلوده نمودن سایر شروع شد. همین راستا، پژوهش حاضر کارایی چند ترکیب حشره‌کش گروه ترکیبات بیولوژیک میکروبی، تنظیم کننده­های رشد گیاهی پره شرایط آزمایشگاهی صحرایی مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. نهایت بر اساس نتایج دست آمده، میان 12 حشره­کش بررسی، آفت...

In this study, the biocontrol abilities of water-soluble and volatile metabolites of three different isolates of Trichoderma (T. asperellum, T. harzianum and Trichoderma spp.) against soil borne plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani were investigated both in vitro and in vivo. The results showed for the first time that mycelial growth inhibition of the pathogen was 74.4-67.8% with water-soluble met...

Seven different strains of Trichoderma are isolated from wilt infected leguminous crops of a Madhya Pradesh state and tested for their antagonistic activity against Fusarium (soil borne pathogen) which is expressed as a zone of inhibition in the culture plates. The seven strains are identified as Trichoderma viride, T. harzianum, T. asperellum, T. koningii, T. atroviride, T. longibrachiatum, an...