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Inhibition effects and mechanisms of the entophytic fungus Trichoderma harzianum LH-7 from Aloe barbadensis.

WANG Li-heng1, KE Yang2, QIANG Yi3, MA Yu2   

  1. (1Xi’an University of Arts and Science, Xi’an 710075, China; 2Shaanxi Microbiology Institute, Xi’an 710043, China; 3Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China)
  • Online:2014-04-18 Published:2014-04-18

Abstract: Inhibition spectrum and antagonistic mechanism of an endophytic fungus Trichoderma harzianum LH-7, isolated from wild medicinal plant Aloe barbadensis, were investigated by in vitro culture methods against 9 kinds of plant pathogens. The results showed that nutrient competition and hyper-parasitism were the two primarily antagonist approaches that strain LH-7 adopted to inhibit the tested plant pathogens with a significant inhibition rate of 62.4%-88.4%. Moreover, the active compound from metabolites of LH-7 could cause pathogen mycelial deformities, cell wall rupture and conidial malformation, leading to the effective inhibition on pathogens growth and reproduction.