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DISCUSSION<br />

Quantitative estimation of Trichodcnna spp in soil is often difficult because of the<br />

tdatively rapid growth of other soil hgi on conventional agar d a<br />

We isolated 212 Trichodenna isolates using Tnchohnna selective medium (Eld el al.<br />

1981b) from groundnut hitosphere soil samples collected from various groundnut-<br />

growing areas in Andhra pradesh and Kamataka under a National Agricultural<br />

Technology Project (NATP) on ''Matoxin Contamination in Grwndnut: Mapping d<br />

Management in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh. and Adjoining Areas" Selectivity was obtained<br />

by using chloramphenicol as a b aud inhibitor and pentachloroni-, md rose<br />

bengal as selective hngal inhibitors The glucose concentration in the TSM, though low,<br />

still allowed relatively rapid growth and sporulation of Trrckxkm, &ling wnMlient<br />

and rapid identification of TricMrma colonies<br />

Papavizas and Lumsden (1982) improved the semi-selective medium for lrrckxknna<br />

developed earlier by Papavizas (1981), which is ineffective with soils containing<br />

Mucorales, by adding alkylaryl polyether alcohol alone or in combination with sodium<br />

propionate. The modified medium allowed Trichodemm spp to develop on the surfsce of<br />

the agar and effectively suppressed rapidly growing hngi such M Rhrzopus. Trichoderm~l<br />

spp. is antagonistic to a wide range of phytopathogmic fungi and is able to control<br />

economically important diseases in several .rap plants Species of the genus<br />

Trichodenna, among them T. nnde, are well known for their production of several lytic<br />

enzymes andlor antibiotics

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