Native Trichoderma strains promote growth and biocontrol in Medicago sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana plants

JAIME, CAMILA; COMELLI, RAÚL N.; BENZZO, MARÍA T.; SELUY, LISANDRO G.; MAZZARO; DUNGER, GERMAN

Congreso; SAIB-SAMIGE; 2021

Alfalfa is an important legume forage grown worldwide. Due to the expansion of extensive crops, its production has shifted to marginal areas with poorly drained soils, which directly affects the productivity and persistence of this crop. Trichoderma is a genus of fungi with the ability to antagonize plant pathogenic fungi and to stimulate plant growth and defense responses. In this study, the influence of the inoculation of native Trichoderma strains on the growth of alfalfa and a rabidopsis and their action as biological protectors against pathogenic fungi were analysed,