A plate confrontation experiment is commonly used to study the mechanism by which Trichoderma spp. antagonize and parasitize other fungi. Previous work with chitinase gene expression (ech42) during the precontact period of this process in which cellophane and dialysis membranes separated Trichoderma harzianum and its host Rhizoctonia solani resulted in essentially opposite results. Here, we sho...

Potential synergy between anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) and Trichoderma spp. in suppression of Rhizoctonia root rot radish was evaluated. A split-plot design with three replications used; main plots were harzianum T22, asperellum NT25 a non- control. Subplots ASD carbon sources wheat bran, molasses, chicken manure, mustard greens two non-amended controls: (covered flooded) aerobic (not co...

ABSTRACT Soil fumigation with methyl bromide plus chloropicrin is used as a preplant treatment to control a broad range of pathogens in high-value annual crop production systems. In California, fumigation is used on approximately 10,125 ha of strawberry production to control pathogens ranging from Verticillium dahliae to root pruning pathogens such as Pythium, Rhizoctonia, or Cylindrocarpon spp...

Actinobacteria of the genus Streptomyces are part soil microbiota from rice-growing areas and along with other microorganisms, such as Trichoderma spp., combine to act natural enemies against destructive soil-borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani, causal agent rice sheath blight disease. In this study, seven actinobacteria three fungi genera Purpureocillium were isolated soils cultivated using seri...

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...