A strain of Trichoderma, isolated from a sample of peat collected in New Brunswick, displays the ability to produce chitinases and inhibits growth of the pathogenic fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici, in dual culture tests. Scanning electron microscope investigations of hyphal interactions show that growth inhibition of the host mycelium does not result from hyphal penetration by Trichoderma (...)
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M. Chérif (1990) studied this question.