<i>Trichoderma</i> species from typical forests system in China: Geographical distribution and comparative genome-wide evaluation of selected species related to biocontrol.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we isolated 633 Trichoderma strains from 15 forest types across six climate zones. Our findings revealed that species diversity was highly underestimated, with 239 isolates identified as new species based on ITS, rpb2, and tef1 sequences. In tropical and subtropical regions, the mean values for the haplotype Chao1 richness index and the Shannon-Weiner diversity index are 73 and 3, respectively, significantly higher than those in temperate regions. Trichoderma cf. taiwanense was the most widely distributed, followed by T. asperellum, rather than widely reported T. harzianum. The maximum entropy model was used to analyse the effects of climatic factors on distribution of T. cf. taiwanense and T. asperellum,

SUBMITTER: Dou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12667285 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature