The antagonists increased tomato seedling root length, shoot length and biomass.

biocontrol · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

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1. positive
   Biopriming with Trichoderma viridae significantly improved tomato germination versus untreated control.

   Biological Management of Damping-Off, Buckeye Rot and Fusarial Wilt of Tomato (cv. Solan Lalima) under Mid-Hill Conditions of Himachal Pradesh · 2015 · compared with untreated control

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2. no effect
   Biological control agent treatment did not change the dry weight of broomrape shoots among treatments.

   Management of Egyptian broomrape [Phelipanche aegyptiaca (Pers.) Pomel] using biofungicide (Trichoderma spp.) in tomato · 2025 · compared with among treatments

   No difference from an alternative

3. positive
   Application of biocontrol agents improved plant growth of tomato.

   Effective and Promising Strategy in Management of Tomato Root-Knot Nematodes by Trichoderma harzianum and Arbuscular Mycorrhizae · 2022

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4. positive
   Introducing any biocontrol agent increased tomato growth with any of the three pathogens relative to untreated controls.

   Effects of growing medium on the interactions between biocontrol agents and tomato root pathogens in a closed hydroponic system · 2009 · compared with untreated controls

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5. positive
   Some AMF and EPF coinoculations increased plant growth.

   Combined effects of root-associated entomopathogenic and mycorrhizal fungi on the foliar pathogen Botrytis cinerea in tomato · 2022

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6. positive
   Combined cake-grown bio-agents increased tomato root length threefold.

   Determination of compatibility of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma harizianum grown on deoiled cakes of neem and jatropha for mass multiplication of P. fluorescens and T. harizianum in vitro · 2015

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7. positive
   Seed biopriming with a bacterial antagonist significantly improved tomato germination against control.

   Biological management of fusarial wilt of tomato by Trichoderma spp. in Andamans · 2013 · compared with control

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8. positive
   The antagonist increased shoot and root length of tomato seedlings compared with control in both seasons.

   Management of Tomato Damping-off Disease in the Nursery Using of Trichoderma asperellum · 2022 · compared with control

   Same direction

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