Rhizosphere filamentous fungi of the genus Trichoderma, a dominant component of various
soil ecosystem mycobiomes, are characterized by the ability to colonize plant roots. Detailed …

Rhizoctonia solani is a pathogen that causes considerable harm to plants worldwide. In the
absence of hosts, R. solani survives in the soil by forming sclerotia, and management …

In the control of plant diseases, biocontrol has the advantages of being efficient and safe for
human health and the environment. The filamentous fungus Trichoderma harzianum and its …

Large losses before crop harvesting are caused by plant pathogens, such as viruses,
bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, and nematodes. Among these, fungi are the major cause of …

Soil suppressiveness to soil-borne diseases relies mainly on microbial interactions. Some of
them, eg. antibiosis and mycoparasitism, are directly deleterious to pathogenic fungi; others …

Trichoderma atroviride is a mycoparasitic fungus used as biological control agent to protect
plants against fungal pathogens. Successful biocontrol is based on the perception of signals …

Successful biocontrol interactions often require that the beneficial microbes involved are
resistant or tolerant to a variety of toxicants, including antibiotics produced by themselves or …

The presence of the endochitinase CHIT36 from Trichoderma harzianum TM was assessed
in several antagonistic Trichoderma strains belonging to different molecular taxonomic …

Trichoderma mycoparasitic activity depends on the secretion of complex mixtures of
hydrolytic enzymes able to degrade the host cell wall. We have analysed the extracellular …

Publisher Summary This chapter evaluates recent advances in submerged liquid cultivation
of the vegetative or mycelial forms of those members of the “higher fungi” that produce …