Abstract
With the idea of summarizing the outcomes of studies focusing on the resistance induced by Trichoderma spp. against Botrytis cinerea in tomato, the present paper shows, for the first time, results of a meta-analysis performed on studies published from 2010 to 2021 concerning the cross-talk occurring in the tomato–Trichoderma-B. cinerea system. Starting from an initial set of 40 papers, the analysis was performed on 15 works and included nine parameters, as a result of a stringent selection mainly based on the availability of more than one article including the same indicator. The resulting work not only emphasizes the beneficial effects of Trichoderma in the control of grey mold in tomato leaves (reduction in disease intensity, severity and incidence and modulation of resistance genes in the host), but carefully drives the readers to reply to two questions: (i) What are the overall effects of Trichoderma on B. cinerea infection in tomato? (ii) Do the main effects of Trichoderma differ based on the tomato species, Trichoderma species, amount, type and duration of treatment? At the same time, this meta-analysis highlights some weak points of the available literature and should be seen as an invitation to improve future works to better the conceptualization and measure.
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Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma reduced grey mold disease intensity, severity and incidence in tomato leaves.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- Trichoderma spp.e1
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinerea
Botrytis cinereae1pathogen - Second interactor
- Trichoderma spp.
Trichodermae1biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- disease intensity, severity and incidencee0
- Direction
- reductione0
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e0“The resulting work not only emphasizes the beneficial effects of Trichoderma in the control of grey mold in tomato leaves (reduction in disease intensity, severity and incidence and modulation of resistance genes in the host)”
e1“resistance induced by Trichoderma spp. against Botrytis cinerea in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma modulated resistance genes in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Trichodermae0
- Outcome
- modulation of resistance genes in the hoste0
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e0“The resulting work not only emphasizes the beneficial effects of Trichoderma in the control of grey mold in tomato leaves (reduction in disease intensity, severity and incidence and modulation of resistance genes in the host)”
Claim · model-written summary
The meta-analysis highlights weak points in the available tomato-Trichoderma literature.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- weak points of the available literaturee2
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e1“resistance induced by Trichoderma spp. against Botrytis cinerea in tomato”
e2“this meta-analysis highlights some weak points of the available literature and should be seen as an invitation to improve future works to better the conceptualization and measure”
Claim · model-written summary
Future work should improve the conceptualization and measurement of Trichoderma effects on tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- conceptualization and measuree2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“resistance induced by Trichoderma spp. against Botrytis cinerea in tomato”
e2“this meta-analysis highlights some weak points of the available literature and should be seen as an invitation to improve future works to better the conceptualization and measure”
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