Patanjali Tricho
08 April 2024, New Delhi: It is a multipurpose, excellent fungicide developed through natural fungi like Trichoderma viride and Trichoderma harzianum. It controls fungal diseases.
Process of protecting crops by Trichoderma:
Mycoparasitism
The fungi spread as Trichoderma parasites on the net. Trichoderma destroys harmful fungi through enzyme secretion.
Competition
Trichoderma makes fungi net and spore. It competes with fungi like Fusarium pithium and spreads in the rhizosphere of plants.
Antibiosis
Trichoderma secretes carbonic acids like siderophore and antibiotics like harzianic acid and tricholine which control harmful fungi.
Growth Promoter
Trichoderma provides nutrients to the plants. It controls diseases like ukhta, root and stem rot, spot-on leaves, seared caused by fungi in crops like pulses, oilseed, cereal, cotton, chili, brinjal, tomato, onion, peanut and other vegetables, tea leaves, coffee plants, apple, grape, banana, papaya, latex and lemon. It can be used as a nursery treatment, soil treatment, seed treatment, bulb, stem and plant treatment.
Useful In Diseases Caused By Fungus
In crops like pulses, oilseeds, food grains, cotton, chili, brinjal, tomato, onion, Peas and other vegetables, tea, coffee, apples, grapes, pomegranate, banana, papaya, rubber, lemon, etc. fungus related diseases like rot in stems and roots, spots on leaves, burn and rot in roots, etc. are controlled. Nursery treatment of Trichoderma, treatment of soil, treatment of seeds, treatment of roots, stems and plants, etc. are done by using it.
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