One of the important and necessary practices for improving nutrients availability in sustainable agriculture is using microorganisms. Beside the negative effects of chemical fertilizers on the soil and human health, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are known as an alternative to supply the organic nutrients of plants during the past two decades. Enriching soil fertility by eco-friendly meth...

Red cabbage is known as the millennium’s functional food, which has a lot of importance in our diet because health-promoting ingredients present it. The current study investigated synergistic relationship rhizospheric-competent microbial agents (Trichoderma harzianum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Bacillus subtilis) modulating performance red under field conditions Middle Gangetic Plains, India....

Many Trichoderma species are well-known for their ability to promote plant growth and defense. We study how the interaction of bean plants with R. solani and/or Trichoderma affect the plants growth and the level of expression of defense-related genes. Trichoderma isolates were evaluated in vitro for their potential to antagonize R. solani. Bioassays were performed in climatic chambers and devel...

The use of synthetic chemicals has increased drastically due to industrialization and urbanization. However, the long-term indiscriminate these a negative impact on environment human health; thus, public concerns about hazardous effects such are increasing day by day. To solve problems, exploitation potential alternatives become major challenge, admiration beneficial microbes is their safe envi...

Background: Collar rot is an important disease of lentil in India and causes significant yield loss annually. Considering the recent focus on development use environmentally feasible management strategies, objectives study was to identify resistant sources evaluation native antagonists as well plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) improvement lentil. Methods: Eleven popular varieties wer...

Trichoderma, a commonly known mycoparasite inhabiting nearly all agricultural soils, has shown outstanding biological properties in controlling growth of other less desirable or more harmful (pathogenic) types of fungi. What makes Trichoderma very interesting is that it uses local materials (decaying products) for proliferation, is non-toxic and biodegradable, produces numerous useful metabolit...

Mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. act as potent biocontrol agents against a number of plant pathogenic fungi, whereupon the mycoparasitic attack includes host recognition followed by infection structure formation and secretion of lytic enzymes and antifungal metabolites leading to the host's death. Host-derived signals are suggested to be recognized by receptors located on the mycoparasite's cell ...

Several mycoparasitic strains belonging to the filamentous fungal genus Trichoderma are promising candidates for the biological control of plant pathogenic fungi. When planning the application of antagonistic Trichoderma strains for the purposes of biological control, it is very important to consider the environmental parameters affecting the biocontrol agents in the soil. A series of abiotic a...

Fungi in the genus Trichoderma have been used for the production of lytic enzymes and to control a wide range of plant pathogenic fungi. In the last years, much progress has been made in elucidating the molecular biology of Trichoderma spp. The objective of this chapter is to provide a summary of data concerning size and organization of the genome and gene structure in Trichoderma spp., mainly ...