Rhizosphere competence of Trichoderma harzianum
Rhizosphere competence of Trichoderma harzianum
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哈茨木霉根际能力
DOI:
10.1094/phyto-77-182
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发表时间:
1987
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
J. S. Ahmad
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作者:
J. S. Ahmad
Rhizosphere competence of Trichoderma harzianum was measured for roots of bean, cucumber, maize, radish, and tomato. When seeds were coated with conidia of the wild type and germinated in soil under constant matric potential with no additional water added, the fungus was not detected in the rhizospheres of roots from 1-to 8-cm depths after 8 days. Mutants tolerant to benomyl, however, were rhizosphere-competent when10 ug of benomyl was added per gram of soil. These mutants' were also rhizosphere-competent when benomyl was not added. The degree of rhizosphere colonization by mutants of T. harzianum was influenced by benomyl, soil pH, and temperature. Evidence provided herein indicates that a rhizosphere-incompetent biological control agent was induced by mutation to become rhizosphere-competent.Trichoderma harzianum Rifai is a biological control agent effective against Pythium spp.(9, 19, 28), Rhizoctonia solani Kühn (12-17, 19, 26, 31), and Sclerotium spp.(1, 4, 9, 13, 26, 36). It also increased seed germination and enhanced plant growth (7, 37). Whereas seed treatment with Trichoderma spp. reduced preemergence damping-off (20), later protection of the mature plant has not been realized mainly because Trichoderma spp. were not rhizosphere-competent (8, 26). Therefore, in discussion sessions and workshops (eg, 5), the need is frequently expressed for inducing such antagonists to colonize not only the spermosphere but also the developing root. The report by Mendez-Castro and Alexander (23) suggested a method for establishing previously rhizosphere-incompetent