Designing synthetic consortia of Trichoderma strains that improve antagonistic activities against pathogens and cucumber seedling growth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trichoderma spp. are important agricultural biocontrol microorganisms that are often used as effective components of microbial fungicides and microbial biofertilizers. However, most of these products are prepared by a single strain in monoculture, which significantly limits the biocontrol efficiency and stability of Trichoderma products. Therefore, the establishment of a design and screening approach for consortia with multi-Trichoderma strains for co-culture is of great importance to overcome the shortage of traditional Trichoderma biocontrol products.

Results

First, 15 Trichoderma strains were screened in terms of mycelium growth rate, antagonistic activity to a variety of pathogens, stress tolerance to high temperature and salt stress, and cucumber seedling gro

SUBMITTER: Hao D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature