Microbial communities play a pivotal role in the functioning of plants by influencing their
physiology and development. While many members of the rhizosphere microbiome are …

Trichoderma species are widely used in agriculture and industry as biopesticides and
sources of enzymes, respectively. These fungi reproduce asexually by production of conidia …

Background Trichoderma is a genus of mycotrophic filamentous fungi (teleomorph
Hypocrea) which possess a bright variety of biotrophic and saprotrophic lifestyles. The ability …

Trichoderma is a fungal genus of cosmopolitan distribution and high biotechnological value,
with several species currently used as biological control agents. Additionally, the enzyme …

In ecosystems, plant and bacterial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are known to
influence plant growth but less is known about the physiological effects of fungal VOCs. We …

Trichoderma species and fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. have been reported to induce
systemic resistance in plants. In this study the effectiveness of a combination of these …

Recent progress and improvement in “-omics” technologies has made it possible to study
the physiology of organisms by integrated and genome-wide approaches. This bears the …

Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are important pests of many cultivated plants.
Recently, the most efficient chemical control products (eg methyl bromide) have now been …

Trichoderma hamatum strain GD12 is unique in that it can promote plant growth, activate
biocontrol against pre-and post-emergence soil pathogens and can induce systemic …

The putative methyltransferase LaeA is a global regulator that affects the expression of
multiple secondary metabolite gene clusters in several fungi, and it can modify …