Occurrence of damping-off of wheat caused byPythium diclinumtokunaga in El-Minia, Egypt and its possible control byGliocladium roseumandTrichoderma harzianum

Efficacy of Bacillus subtilis and Trichoderma asperellum against Pythium aphanidermatum in tomatoes

“…An application of Trichoderma harzianum and Trichoderma koningii conidia to pea seeds reduced the incidence of pre-emergence damping-off by 50% and 66.7% respectively (Lifshitz et al, 1986). Several studies have also documented the efficacy of seed coating in reducing cases of post-emergence damping-off (Adekunle et al, 2006;Abdelzaher, 2004;Berger et al, 1996;Mukhopadhyay et al, 1986;Harman et al, 1980).…”

Development of formulations ofTrichoderma harzianumstrain M1 for control of damping-off of tomato caused byPythium aphanidermatum

“…in control of damping-off diseases of crop plants caused by Pythium sp. (Le et al 2003;Abdelzaher 2004), Macrophomina phaseolina (Khan & Gupta 1998) and Rhizoctonia solani (Lewis et al 1998). Development of feasible and efficient delivery systems for the application of appropriate micro-organisms to the ecosystem is an important component of biocontrol technology (Lewis et al 1998).…”

First report of Pythium diclinum in Morocco

“…P. diclinum was originally isolated from young rice plants in Japan (van der Plaats‐Niterink, 1981) and recently from irrigation water in south‐eastern Spain (Sánchez & Gallego, 2002). The species is quite rare, and in Africa has been recorded only from Egypt (Abdelzaher, 2004). This is the first report of P. diclinum in Morocco.…”

“…The Moroccan isolate was very pathogenic to lucerne seeds and seedlings in vitro . In general, little is known about the pathogenicity of P. diclinum , which has previously been shown to be pathogenic to cucumber (Sánchez & Gallego, 2002) and wheat (Abdelzaher, 2004). This is the first report that P. diclinum is pathogenic to lucerne.…”