Morpho-cultural and molecular characterization of trichoderma species from the northwestern himalayan apple rhizosphere of India.

ABSTRACT: Plant disease management based on pesticide use has numerous detrimental effects on health and the environment. As a result, the adoption of environment-friendly disease management options is the best alternative to pesticide use. Therefore, the identification of locally available bio-agents like Trichoderma species using morpho-cultural and molecular approaches specifically targeting the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF 1-α) and RNA polymerase B subunit II (RPB2) is necessary. In this study, we characterized 24 Trichoderma strains isolated from the apple rhizosphere. Significant variations were observed in the morpho-cultural characteristics of Trichoderma isolates and categorized them into four groups (I-IV) that were identified as T. h

SUBMITTER: Surma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12277453 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature