Studies on the control of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense with Trichoderma

One hundred and fifty one isolates of Trichoderma were collected mainly from more than 40 soil samples and other materials in Guangdong Province (including Chigang, Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Panyu, Zhaoqing, Dongguan, Humen, Qingyuan, Guanzhou) and the soil samples were also from different plant rhizosphere (including rice, different fruits and different vegetables). It was shown that 39 isolates of Trichoderma grew faster than other isolates using growth velocity experiments. The 39 isolates could effectively inhibit Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (E.F.Sm) Sny.&Hans. by dual cultural experiments. The inhibited activity included the antifungal activities of its metabolite, mycoparasitic activities and the lytic enzymes by dual culture, electronic microcopy and enzyme assay. At present, studies on the taxonomy of the 151 isolates of Trichoderma are carried out in our experiments, some Trichoderma species aggregates will be identified according to the taxonomy system revised by Rifai and Bissett.