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Biocontrol agent Trichoderma harzianum strain FA 1132 as an enhancer of oil palm growth


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Naher, Laila and Tan, Soon Guan and Yusuf, Umi Kalsom and Ho, Chai Ling and Abdullah, Faridah (2012) Biocontrol agent Trichoderma harzianum strain FA 1132 as an enhancer of oil palm growth. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 35 (1). pp. 173-182. ISSN 1511-3701; ESSN: 2231-8542

Abstract

Agricultural products are mostly and adversely affected by environmental pollution caused by chemicalresidues of pesticides which are used for plant disease management. Consequently, researchers look foralternative approaches of disease control such as biocontrol agents. The results of this study showed thatconidial suspension of the soil borne fungus Trichoderma harzianum strain FA 1132 can control Ganodermaboninense which causes basal stem rot (BSR) disease in oil palm. The conidial suspension treatment wasapplied by using Trichoderma-incorporated surface mulch. The disease severity index value (DSI) showedthat Ganoderma infected the root as early as at week 5, with a DSI value of 8.3%, while physical symptomsappeared in leaf at week 8. However, no disease symptom was observed in T. harzianum strain FA1132 treatedplants and it also markedly increased oil palm root and leaf weights.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
Faculty of Science
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords: Biocontrol effect; Trichoderma harzianum strain FA 1132; Ganoderma boninense
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 07 Dec 2015 06:32
Last Modified: 07 Dec 2015 06:32
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22398
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