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Explain how Trichoderma acts as a bio-control agent.
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Answer
- Trichoderma is an effective biocontrol agent against soil borne fungal plant pathogens.
- It is a free-living fungus found in the root ecosystem (rhizosphere).
- It produces substances like viridin, gliotoxin, gliovirin, etc. that inhibit the soil borne pathogens which infect root and rhizomes to cause rot disease.
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