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When compared with a range of colonists of straw and other potential antagonists of glasshouse and cereal pathogens,Trichoderma harzianum IMI 275950 exhibited the greatest biocontrol activity in vitro. This activity was also observed in a gnotobiotic lettuce bioassay against the pathogenSclerotinia sclerotiorum. Activity was dependent on antagonist/pathogen inoculum ratio and temperature.
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Lynch, J.M. In vitro identification ofTrichoderma harzianum as a potential antagonist of plant pathogens. Current Microbiology 16, 49–53 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568169
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