UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Trichoderma species - a common fungus found in soils - have varying abilities to promote tomato plant growth and differentially affect the abundance of certain soil bacteria, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.
The work was the latest in a line of research evaluating the use of this common group of fungi as an alternative to pesticides for controlling soilborne pathogens, said Seogchan Kang, professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences and co-corresponding author of the study.
Published in the journal The Microbe, the study also found that certain bacteria in the rhizosphere - the area of the...