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Claim · #6495839

Trichoderma harzianum · biocontrol · Rhizoctonia bataticola

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Seed treatment with T. harzianum @ 5g/kg seed + P. fluorescence”
Source
Integrated Management of Dry Root Rot Caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola in Chickpea
Authors
Deepa, Sunkad G., Sharma M., Mallesh S.B., Mannur D.M., Sreenivas A.G.
Year
2018
Publication
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(4): 201-209
Page
203

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Trichoderma harzianum is an established biocontrol fungus antagonistic to Rhizoctonia spp.; biocontrol direction is correct.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “T. harzianum seed treatment suppressing R. bataticola dry root rot in chickpea is well-documented; mechanism plausible.”

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