Efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum as A Bio-control Agent Compared with Traditional Chemical Fungicide for Controlling the Soil Borne Pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici) Infesting Tomato Plants | ||||
| Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2015, Page 86-117 PDF (225.4 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research papers | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jalexu.2015.161383 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Manal Mohamed Zen-El-Dein* 1; Reda AbElSamea Hendi2; Ahmed Saleh Abo-Shanab1 | ||||
| 1Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory | ||||
| 2Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Laboratory and greenhouse experiments were conducted to investigate the efficacy of a biological control agent (Trichoderma harzianum) against the soil-borne plant pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp < em>. lycopersici) as compared with a traditional fungicide (Vitavax®-200). Results indicated that T. harzianum was more effective than Vitavax®-200 for radial growth inhibition. Through seedling dip and soil application, Vitavax®-200 was more effective than T. harzianum where it recorded the least wilt incidence comparing to untreated control, but it gave a shorter height of tomato plant than T. Harzianum with significant differences between them. Also, application of T. harzianum as antagonistic agent significantly increased the plant height and increased fruit yield/plant without significant differences with Vitavax® when compared with untreated control. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Trichoderma harzianum; Disease severity; soil-borne plant pathogen; Fusarium oxysporum | ||||
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