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Trichoderma asperellum
May 13 , 2024
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- The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has developed biocontrol agent Trichoderma asperellum (2% WP).
- The biocontrol agent will help Punjab farmers manage the deadly ‘foot rot’ or ‘bakanae’ disease that plagues the crops of Basmati rice.
- This would be a major development in Punjab, which, along with Haryana, accounts for more than 70% of India’s basmati exports.
- This disease caused by the fungus Fusarium verticillioides; a soil-seed borne pathogen which spreads the infection through the root of the plant.
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