Abstract: Species of Trichoderma (teleomorph Hypocrea, Hypocreales, Ascomycota, Dikarya) are among the most frequent mitosporic fungi commonly detected in cultivation-based surveys. They have been isolated from an innumerable diversity of natural and artificial substrata that demonstrates their high opportunistic potential and adaptability to various ecological conditions. Most recently, Trichoderma spp. have increasingly been described as symptomless associates of plants or endophytes, a phenomenon that is common among bacteria and fungi. The ecology of the genus and an overview the genetic background that allows Trichoderma to thrive in its natural habitats and serve multiple applications is presented in this chapter. The availability of the genome sequence of T. atroviride and T. virens has enabled full genome arrays to be used to study the sequential events occurring during confrontation of these Trichoderma spp. with Rhizoctonia solani at a genome-wide transcriptomic level.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-09-20
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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