Abstract
Trichoderma harzianum is a naturally occurring filamentous fungus which solubilizes mineral nutrients and inorganic fertilizers, increasing availability and uptake of nutrients to the plant. Rhizoctonia solani is a major problem for seedlings, causing damping-off and in mature plants causing foot and root rot in the tomato crop, reducing nutrient uptake. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Trichoderma harzianum (BHU-51), Trichoderma harzianum (BHU-105) and their consortium Trichoderma harzianum (BHU-51+BHU-105) on management of R. solani and nutrient levels in the plants.The application of Trichoderma as a seed treatment significantly decreased the incidence of damping-off and increased the vigour index of the plants. The maximum reduction in disease incidence was recorded for the consortium (BHU-51+BHU-105) treatments. The mineral content in treated plants was also higher than untreated pathogen-inoculated controls. Field trials also showed that the consortium produced better results in terms of shoot length, chlorophyll content and yield than the control.The application of Trichoderma in consortium form increased mineral nutrient uptake, reduced disease incidence and obtained a greater yield with reduced chemical pesticide loads, benefitting farmers and consumers.Keywords: Trichoderma; Rhizoctonia solani; nutrient uptake; damping-off; disease management.
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Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma seed treatment significantly reduced damping-off in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Trichoderma as a seed treatmente0
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solanit0pathogen - Second interactor
- Trichoderma
Trichodermae0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- incidence of damping-offe0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The application of Trichoderma as a seed treatment significantly decreased the incidence of damping-off and increased the vigour index of the plants.”
t0“Rhizoctonia solani in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma seed treatment increased tomato vigour index.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Trichoderma as a seed treatmente0
- Interactor
- TrichodermaTrichodermae0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- vigour indexe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The application of Trichoderma as a seed treatment significantly decreased the incidence of damping-off and increased the vigour index of the plants.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The BHU-51+BHU-105 consortium gave the maximum reduction in tomato disease incidence.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- consortium (BHU-51+BHU-105) treatmentse0
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanit0pathogen
- Outcome
- disease incidencee0
- Direction
- maximum reductione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The maximum reduction in disease incidence was recorded for the consortium (BHU-51+BHU-105) treatments.”
t0“Rhizoctonia solani in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Treated tomato plants had higher mineral content than untreated pathogen-inoculated controls.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- treated plantse0
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanit0pathogen
- Outcome
- mineral contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- untreated pathogen-inoculated controlse0
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e0“The mineral content in treated plants was also higher than untreated pathogen-inoculated controls.”
t0“Rhizoctonia solani in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
In field trials the consortium improved tomato shoot length compared with control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- consortiume0
- Outcome
- shoot lengthe0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- controle0
- Setting
- Field trialse0
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Verbatim
e0“Field trials also showed that the consortium produced better results in terms of shoot length, chlorophyll content and yield than the control.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
In field trials the consortium improved tomato chlorophyll content compared with control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- consortiume0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll contente0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- controle0
- Setting
- Field trialse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Field trials also showed that the consortium produced better results in terms of shoot length, chlorophyll content and yield than the control.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
In field trials the consortium improved tomato yield compared with control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- consortiume0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- controle0
- Setting
- Field trialse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Field trials also showed that the consortium produced better results in terms of shoot length, chlorophyll content and yield than the control.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that consortium treatment improves mineral uptake and yield while reducing disease and pesticide load.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Trichoderma in consortium forme0
- Outcome
- mineral nutrient uptakee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of Trichoderma in consortium form increased mineral nutrient uptake, reduced disease incidence and obtained a greater yield with reduced chemical pesticide loads, benefitting farmers and consumers.”
t0“tomato”
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