Alleviation of Abiotic and Biotic Stress by Trichoderma
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Ecological Interactions of Fungi".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 3177
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biocontrol; climate change mitigation; plant pathology; seed technologies
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Interests: signalling; biocontrol; plant–microbe interactions; molecular biology; biochemistry; cell biology; microbial bioactive compounds; Trichoderma
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Dear Colleagues,
Trichoderma are cosmopolitan fungi with infinite plasticity to interact with diverse organisms, including bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, nematodes, and plants. Trichoderma spp. induce abiotic and biotic stress protection in plants by using different mechanisms that can be direct or indirect. The direct mechanisms include, but are not restricted to, release molecules that solubilize nutrients like phosphate and iron, and molecules that directly induce plant growth. Moreover, Trichoderma induce systemic protection against pathogens in tissues far from the site of colonization (induced systemic response). The indirect mechanisms are associated with the biocontrol of plant pathogens, including bacteria, fungi and nematodes. This Special Issue is focused on the benefits of Trichoderma in plant protection, including direct and indirect benefits. It will focus on both fundamental and applied aspects, and aims to include (but is not restricted to) studies of the biosynthesis and release of secondary metabolites affecting plant fitness, biocontrol, mycoparasitism, induced systemic resistance, interactions with microbiota in the soil and rhizosphere, rhizosphere competence, and abiotic plant stress tolerance.
Prof. Dr. John Hampton
Dr. Artemio Mendoza
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Trichoderma
- biocontrol
- mycoparasitism
- secondary metabolism
- bioactive compounds
- plant defenses
- suppressive soils
- induced systemic resistance
- biotic protection
- abiotic protection
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