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Trichoderma: a Most Common Biofertilizer with Multiple Roles in Agriculture

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Trichoderma: a Most Common Biofertilizer with

Multiple Roles in Agriculture
Ranveer Kumar Kamal1*, Victor Athisayam2, Yogendra Singh Gusain3 and Vivek Kumar4
1
Quality Control, Terra Agro Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Vaishali Nagar, India
2
Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University, India
3
College of Forestry, Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, India
4
Department of Botany, M.B.P.G. Government College, India
Received: May 17, 2018; Published: May 24, 2018
*Corresponding author: Ranveer Kumar Kamal, Quality Control, Terra Agro Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, 302021 Rajasthan, India,
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Introduction
In the present market, many Trichoderma species is being used as
The genus Trichoderma comprises a great number of fungal
biofertilizer with specific feature such as T. harzianum, T. viride,
strains that colonize plants roots as a symbiont and have properties
T. reesi, T. polysporum, T. koningii etc, but T. harzianum and T.
to stimulate plant growth and development [1]. Trichoderma species
viride is most commonly used biofertilizer. T. harzianum improves
have long been recognized as agents for the control of plant disease
plant tolerance to environmental stress, and mineral absorption
and for their ability to increase plant growth and development. The
[3]. T. viride improves seed germination rate, when applied for
use of Trichoderma as a biological agent could be cost-reducing
seed treatment. Trichoderma biofertilizer effective against many
and effective strategy. Many works on Trichoderma focusing on
pathogenic fungi i.e. Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, Pythium, Schlerotinia,
their abilities to alleviate abiotic stress is going on, however the
Verticillium, Alternaria, Phytopthrora and other fungi [4,5].
specific knowledge of mechanisms regarding the abilities to control
multiple plant abiotic stress factors has yet to be covered. There Application
are several molecular biology approaches like genetic engineering,
a) Seed treatment – 8 to 10 gm per 50 ml water for 1 kg
recombinant DNA technology etc. being used at biochemical level
seeds
for the improvement and development of Trichoderma strains.
b) Seedling – 250- 500 gm per 50 Liter of water
Facts to know about Trichoderma
c) Soil Drenching – 1-2 kg per Acre (200 Liter of water)
Trichoderma naturally present in most soils. Commercialization
of Trichoderma biofertilizer raises hope in farmers. Trichoderma Formulation
used in almost all type of crops, with or without any amendments,
Trichoderma formulations are available in many brand names,
but if Trichoderma biofertilizer is used as an amendment with
with minimum 2 x 109 or 3 x 106 cfu per gram in carrier material.
compost may gives better results than any other fertilizer. It
minimizes the use of traditional fertilizer based on NPK. It improves Recommendation
the uptake of micronutrients to plants such as Cu, Zn, Fe, Na etc. The Trichoderma biofertilizer can be used in many crops
and helps in solubilization of phosphate in soil and available to such as groundnut, cotton, wheat, tobacco, Bengal gram, brinjal,
plants. Trichoderma improves overall plant health, by creating a sugarcane, eggplant, red gram, banana, tomato, sugarbeet, chillies,
positive environment with symbiotic relationship with plants and potato, soybean, citrus, cauliflower, onion, peas, sunflower, coffee,
releases various types of secondary metabolites including, growth tea, ginger, turmeric, pepper, betel vine, cardamom etc.
hormones, endochitinase, proteolytic enzymes [2] and benefits
the plants by taking advantage of plant-microbe interactions. The Compatibility
biofertilizer also used as soil conditioner, improves the population Trichoderma is compatible with Organic manure, and with
of plant beneficial microorganisms in soil. It helps in mitigating biofertilizers like Azospirillum, Rhizobium, Bacillus Subtilis and
green house gases like Carbon dioxide and methane, a great cause Phosphobacteria.
for global warming (CSIR-India).

Cite this article: Ranveer K K, Victor A, Yogendra S G, Vivek K. Trichoderma: a Most Common Biofertilizer with Multiple Roles in Agriculture.
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Precautions 3. Gupta V, Monika Schmoll, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, R Upadhyay,

Don’t use trichoderma in dry soil, moisture is essential for its
growth and survivability. Try not to use chemical fungicide after
application of Trichoderma biofertilizer for 4-5 days.
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