Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: June | Volume: 6 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 315-320
Trichoderma Species: Isolation, Characterization, Cultivation and Their Role as Effective Biopesticides
Ashish S. Ramteke
Biotechnologist, Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nawkhala, Maharashtra, India.ABSTRACT
The genus Trichoderma consists of anamorphic fungi isolated primarily from soil and decomposing organic matter, with teleomorphs, belonging to the ascomycete genus Hypocrea. They can work against fungal phytopathogens through mechanism such as mycoparasitism, competing for nutrients and space, modifying environmental conditions and antibiosis and plant defensive mechanisms. Trichoderma species have also been reported to produce a plethora of secondary metabolites showing antimicrobial activity. Trichoderma species have been widely used in agriculture as biocontrol agents and inoculants to provide plant growth promotion. The molecular mechanism supporting this highly desirable beneficial effect of plant growth promotion are not fully clarified and include improvement of nutrient availability and uptake for the plant. Many Trichoderma strains colonize plant roots of dicots and monocots.
Key words: Trichoderma species, Biocontrol, Antagonist, Biopesticides.
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