Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma virens inhibited pathogen mycelial growth by 89.74% in dual culture.
- Taxon
- Cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- T . virense0
- Interactor
- P. palmivorusParamarasmius palmivoruse0pathogen
- Second interactor
- T . virensTrichoderma virense0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- mycelial growth against P. palmivoruse0
- Direction
- inhibitione0
- Value
- 89.74%e0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“Paramarasmius palmivorus in Field‐Grown Cowpea”
e0“In dual culture plate assays, T . virens exhibited an 89.74% inhibition of mycelial growth against P. palmivorus .”
Title
Wijesekara Mudiyanselage Shalika Nirmani Wijesekara; Tikka Dewage Chamarika Priyadarshani; Weerawickramage Chaminda Priyanka Egodawatta; et al. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2026. doi:10.1002/nzb2.70038
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation The cowpea pathogen was isolated and confirmed morphologically and molecularly.
- Intervention effect Trichoderma virens application yielded zero disease incidence under shade-house conditions.
- Intervention effect Trichoderma treatment significantly increased cowpea height, flower number and pod number relative to untreated controls.
- Intervention effect Trichoderma treatment significantly increased cowpea root length relative to untreated controls.
- Observation Trichoderma spores remained viable and multiplied throughout the experiment.