Significance of lytic enzymes from Trichoderma spp. in the biocontrol of fungal plant pathogens

Ada Viterbo; Ofir Ramot; Leonid Chernin; Ilan Chet

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Significance of lytic enzymes from Trichoderma spp. in the biocontrol of fungal plant pathogens

Ada Viterbo^*, Ofir Ramot, Leonid Chernin, Ilan Chet

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Abstract

The use of specific mycolytic soil microorganisms to control plant pathogens is an ecological approach to overcome the problems caused by standard chemical methods of plant protection. The ability to produce lytic enzymes is a widely distributed property of rhizosphere-competent fungi and bacteria. Due to the higher activity of Trichoderma spp. lytic enzymes as compared to the same class of enzymes from other microorganisms and plants, effort is being aimed at improving biocontrol agents and plants by introducing Trichoderma genes via genetic manipulations. An overview is presented of the data currently available on lytic enzymes from the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	549-556
Number of pages	8
Journal	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology
Volume	81
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020553421740
State	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biocontrol
Lytic enzymes
Mycoparasitism
Plant protection
Rhizosphere bacteria
Trichoderma harzianum

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Significance of lytic enzymes from Trichoderma spp. in the biocontrol of fungal plant pathogens

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