Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4357677 | Mycological Research | 2008 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The new species Trichoderma martiale was isolated as an endophyte from sapwood in trunks of Theobroma cacao (cacao, Malvaceae) in Brazil. Based on sequences of translation-elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1) and RNA polymerase II subunit (rpb2) T. martiale is a close relative of, and morphologically similar to, T. viride, but differs in the production of discrete pustules on corn meal-dextrose agar (CMD) and SNA, in having a faster rate of growth, and in being a tropical endophyte. This new species was shown, in small-scale, in situ field assays, to limit black pod rot of cacao caused by Phytophthora palmivora, the cause of black pod disease.
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Authors
Rogério E. Hanada, T. de Jorge Souza, Alan W.V. Pomella, K. Prakash Hebbar, José O. Pereira, Adnan Ismaiel, Gary J. Samuels,