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Trichoderma spp. in the management of stresses in plants and rural prosperity

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Agriculture is livelihood of rural people world wide. The different cultivated crops viz. wheat, rice, groundnut, chickpea, mung bean, potato, tomato, cucumbers, etc. suffer heavy yield losses due to biotic stresses viz. soil borne fungal pathogens i.e. species of Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, Sclerotium, Pythium, etc. and abiotic stresses i.e. extreme weather; drought; deteriorating soil health due to salinity, alkalinity, allelopathic, oxidative stresses, heavy metal accumulation, etc. Often these stresses are difficult to manage due to limitations of chemical pesticides in many ways. More than 200 spp. of Trichoderma have been recorded from different habitats, ecosystems and as symbiont/endophytes in plants. These Trichoderma spp. have been found as efficient agents of biological control and bioremediation to manage these stresses due to presence of different hydrolytic enzymes, antibiotics, peptaibols, competence in utilizing nutrients and playing the mechanisms of competition for space and nutrition, Antibiosis, Mycoparasitism, Induction of host defense; etc. Some of the Trichoderma spp. has emerged as an alternative of chemical management of these stresses. Technologies of production, delivery, etc. have been developed for the efficient use of Trichoderma. There is great demand of Trichoderma among the agriculturists all over the globe.Therefore, if supported financially by the financial agencies, the rural people and youths can take up the production to meet huge demand of the agriculture, and simultaneously they can earn the money to raise their socio-economic status, which make the rural people prosperous.

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Pandey, R.N., Jaisani, P. & Yadav, D.L. Trichoderma spp. in the management of stresses in plants and rural prosperity. Indian Phytopathology 74, 453–467 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-021-00373-9

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