Mycology and Plant Pathology Research Laboratory Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Online published on 27 April, 2021.
Fifty five mutants of Trichoderma pseudokoningii were obtained from wild isolates after exposing them to Ethyl Methyl Sulphonte (EMS), a chemical mutagen. Among these, a mutant Tp-EMS49 showed highest per cent (77.77 %) inhibition of Rhizoctonia bataticola causing root rot of deccan hemp than wild Trichoderma pseudokoningii (68.88%).
Antagonistic potential, Chemical mutants, Trichoderma pseudokoningii, Deccan hemp
