The antagonistic potential of culture filtrates of a soil isolate of T. viride was evaluated invitro, against three common post-harvest rot pathogens; A. niger, A. flavus, and F. oxysporum. Assay of three extracellular enzymes; chitinase, protease and cellulase, in respective enzyme-induced culture filtrates revealed the presence of enzyme activity. When 10% (v/v) concentration of the various l...

Biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma spp. against wilt tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici S. Sundaramoorthy and P. Balabaskar

Biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma spp. against wilt tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici S. Sundaramoorthy and P. Balabaskar

BACKGROUND Fusarium oxysporum is among the few filamentous fungi that have been reported of being able to directly ferment biomass to ethanol in a consolidated bioprocess. Understanding its metabolic pathways and their limitations can provide some insights on the genetic modifications required to enhance its growth and subsequent fermentation capability. In this study, we investigated the hypot...

The vascular wilt of tomato caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici is an important soil borne pathogen causes severe yield loss. The molecular characterization and their interaction with its host is necessary to develop a protection strategy. 20 isolates of F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL) were isolated from wilt infected tomato plants across Tamil Nadu. They were subjected to cultu...

Suppression of soilborne diseases by biocontrol agents involves complex interactions among biocontrol agents and the pathogen and between these microorganisms and the plant. In general, these interactions are not well characterized. In this work, we studied (i) the diversity among strains of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp., Bacillus spp., and Paenibacillus sp. for their sensitivity to fusaric acid...

Four new moniliformin-producing species of Fusarium were found, viz., F. acuminatum, F. concolor, F. equiseti, and F. semitectum. Isolates of F. acuminatum and F. concolor produced large amounts of moniliformin (3.4 and 9.5 g/kg, respectively), whereas isolates of the other three species yielded less than 30 mg/kg. The production of moniliformin by isolates of F. oxysporum and F. avenaceum from...