Trichoderma Species’ In Vitro and In Planta Inhibition against Ganoderma boninense, a Causative Agent of Basal Stem Rot in Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
Jumiati Asis1, Nur Aainaa Hasbullah1, Mohamadu Boyie Jalloh1, Noor Khairani Mohamad Basri1, Palanivell Perumal2, Peter Mojiun2 and Mohd. Rashid Mohd. Rakib1*
1Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia; 2Eco Management Unit, Wilmar Plantations Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as PPB Oil Palms Berhad), 90000 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
*Correspondence | Mohd. Rashid Mohd. Rakib, Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, University Malaysia Sabah, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia;
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Figure 1:
(A) Trichoderma virens T4RH, and (B) Trichoderma asperellum T8R culture of selected Trichoderma isolates on PDA.
Figure 2:
(A) Disease incidence, (B) disease severity index, (C) area under disease progress curve (AUDPC), (D) percentage of necrotic primary roots, and (E) percentage of disease reduction in oil palm seedlings after 9 months after inoculated with Ganoderma boninense.
Note: T1: Untreated (Negative control), T2: Untreated (Positive control), T3: T. virens, T4: T. asperellum and T5: T. virens and T. asperellum. Means (± Standard error) followed by different letters within the column were significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 by Tukey’s test.