Trichoderma asperellum empowers tomato plants and suppresses Fusarium oxysporum through priming responses.

ABSTRACT: Plant-associated microbes play crucial roles in plant health and promote growth under stress. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the strategic crops grown throughout Egypt and is a widely grown vegetable worldwide. However, plant disease severely affects tomato production. The post-harvest disease (Fusarium wilt disease) affects food security globally, especially in the tomato fields. Thus, an alternative effective and economical biological treatment to the disease was recently established using Trichoderma asperellum. However, the role of rhizosphere microbiota in the resistance of tomato plants against soil-borne Fusarium wilt disease (FWD) remains unclear. In the current study, a dual culture assay of T. asperellum against various phytopathogens (

SUBMITTER: Sehim AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10043483 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature