Activity of East Siberian Trichoderma Isolates against Plant-Pathogenic Microorganisms

Abstract

The genus Trichoderma comprised important antagonists of pathogenic fungi and can be used in agriculture to combat various plant diseases. In the course of the present work, two micromycete strains were isolated from wood cuts in Eastern Siberia, which were identified by morphological and molecular genetic characteristics as Trichoderma atroviride and Trichoderma harzianum. These Trichoderma strains efficiently inhibited the development of the pathogenic fungi studied (by up to 80%). The data presented in the paper indicate that Trichoderma atroviride and Trichoderma harzianum may be promising for further study of the means of biocontrol of plant diseases.