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    Abstract - Issue Sep 2020, 41 (5)                                     Back


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Biocontrol and growth enhancement potential of Trichoderma spp. against Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight disease in rice 

 

S. Chaudhary1, S. Sagar1, M. Lal3, A. Tomar2, V. Kumar4 and M. Kumar1* 

1Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, SVP University of Agriculture and Technology,? Meerut-250 110, India

2Department of Recombination Techniques, College of Biotechnology, SVP University of Agriculture and Technology,? Meerut-250 110, India

3Division of Plant Protection, ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Regional Station, Meerut-250 110, India

4ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur - 493 225, India

*Corresponding Author Email : mukeshbt06@gmail.com

Paper received: 23.10.2019 ?????? ???????????????????????????????????????Revised received: 01.03.2020 ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????Accepted: 06.04.2020

 

Abstract

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the biocontrol and growth enhancement potentials of Trichoderma spp., against R. solani.

Methodology: A total of 31 Trichoderma spp. were examined for their antagonistic potentials against R. solani in dual culture, effect of volatile and non-volatile metabolites on the growth inhibition of test pathogen under in-vitro condition. The efficacy of Trichoderma spp. were further evaluated for controlling sheath blight and promoting rice growth under in-vivo conditions with different mode of applications.

Results: The results of in-vitro confrontation assay revealed that among the different Trichoderma spp. tested, T. harzianum (SVPRT-THLi06) and T. atroviride (SVPP-4) exhibited excellent biocontrol efficacy with 90.9% and 72.0% mycelial growth inhibition, respectively. The culture filtrate of T. harzianum (SVPRT- THLi6) at 50% was highly effective in reducing R. solani mycelial growth up to 95.9% and in case of volatile metabolites, maximum inhibition (72.5%) in mycelial growth of R. solani was recorded with T. harzianum? isolate SVPP-8. A combined mode of application (soil treatment+ root dipping+ foliar spray) with T. harzianum (SVPRT-THLi06) was found most effective under greenhouse condition, which showed the least disease severity (12.4% vs control 49.6%) and disease incidence (27.1% vs control 96.4%).      

Interpretation: The present study revealed that T. harzianum (SVPRT-THLi06) has potential to control sheath blight disease as well as improve growth of rice crop. Therefore, in future it may be used as bio-based formulation for plant growth enhancement and managing sheath blight disease in rice cultivation and further may be applied in organic rice cultivation.       

Key words: Necrotrophic fungus, Rhizoctonia solani, Rice, Sheath blight, Trichoderma spp.

 

 

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