Recent studies show that Mortierella elongata can perform plant-growth promotion across different types of crops, including bahiagrass, corn, tomato, squash, and watermelon. Compared to the well-known species have plant-growth-promotion abilities (e.g., mycorrhizal fungi, Trichoderma), growers, agents, stakeholders are not familiar with "Mortierella" despite important role these fungal taxa pla...

In this study, effects of single and combined applications biocontrol agents; Trichoderma spp. (T. atroviride, T. virens) plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (Pseudomonas koreensis, Bacillus subtilis) on growth, wilt disease severity caused by Verticillium dahliae defence-related enzymes (peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, phenylalanine ammonium lyase β-1,3 glucanase) eggplant, were investigated....

Soil microbes have great potential for agriculture. A wide variety of microbes have been utilized to enhance crop production. In the current issue, enhanced growth of rice plants is reported with the inoculation of a nitrogen (N)-fixing bacterium, Azospirillum sp. B510 (2), which possesses a disease-suppressive property against the rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) and the bacterial leaf b...

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...

Plant biostimulants are “green” solutions to improve crop production. Trichoderma spp. and phosphites, ordinarily used as biocontrol agents, can trigger phytostimulation, also promoting endogenous mechanisms involved in plant growth development. The present study aimed at assessing the efficacy of a phosphite-based formulation (Phosphit-One) harzianum-T22 on morpho-physiological response modula...

Fungal species belonging to the genus Trichoderma are worldwide in occurrence and easily isolated from soil, decaying wood, and other forms of plant organic matter. They are, for the most part, classified as imperfect fungi, in that they have no known sexual stage. Rapid growth rate in culture and the production of numerous spores (conidia) that are varying shades of green characterize fungi in...

There has been many recent studies on the use of microbial antagonists to control diseases incited by soilborne and airborne plant pathogenic bacteria and fungi, in an attempt to replace existing methods of chemical control and avoid extensive use of fungicides, which often lead to resistance in plant pathogens. In agriculture, plant growth-promoting and biocontrol microorganisms have emerged a...

Biocontrol fungi (BCF) are agents that control plant diseases. These include the well-known Trichoderma spp. and the recently described Sebacinales spp. They have the ability to control numerous foliar, root, and fruit pathogens and even invertebrates such as nematodes. However, this is only a subset of their abilities. We now know that they also have the ability to ameliorate a wide range of a...

One of the biggest threats to coffee growers in East Africa are emerging vascular wilt diseases (tracheomycosis) caused by Fusarium spp. Many Trichoderma species are known to be natural antagonists of these pathogens and are widely used in biological control of fungal plant diseases. More recently, several Trichoderma spp., which exhibited high antifungal activity have been isolated as endophyt...