Abstract:
Trichoderma is reported to be one of the most widely distributed soil fungi and the
biocontrol potential of Trichoderma has been studied against a wide range of plant pathogenic
fungi. In the present study T. erinaceum was screened for antifungal activity against seven selected
plant pathogenic fungi and for chitinase and glucanase production. In antifungal assays highest
mean percent inhibition was observed against the pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani (72.66 %
±7.6). Molecular characterization of rDNA of ITS region was made for identification and it was
identified as Trichoderma erinaceum.
