@article{Malathi_Doraisamy_2003, title={Effect of temperature on growth and antagonistic activity of <I>Trichoderma</I> spp against <I>Macrophomina phaseolina</I>}, volume={17}, url={https://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jbc/article/view/3973}, DOI={10.18311/jbc/2003/3973}, abstractNote={&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Studies were carried out on the influence of temperature on growth, survival and antagonistic performance of various strains of &lt;em&gt;Trichoderma&lt;/em&gt; spp. against groundnut dry root-rot pathogen &lt;em&gt;Macrophomina phaseolina&lt;/em&gt; (Tassi.) Goid. Different isolates of &lt;em&gt;Trichoderma viride, T. harzianum, T. longibrachiatum, T. Hamatum, T. koningii&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;T. pseudokoningii&lt;/em&gt; were employed at various temperatures, viz., 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45°C for studying its cultural behaviour and antagonistic ability. Increased growth of the pathogen (&lt;em&gt;M. phaseolina&lt;/em&gt;), and growth, sporulation and biomass production of the fungal antagonist (&lt;em&gt;Trichoderma&lt;/em&gt; spp.) were observed between 25 and 35°C. Antagonistic activity of &lt;em&gt;Trichoderma&lt;/em&gt; spp. against &lt;em&gt;M. phaseolina&lt;/em&gt; was decreased with increase in temperature except for &lt;em&gt;T. pseudokoningii&lt;/em&gt;, which showed maximum inhibition at 35°C. Survival of &lt;em&gt;Trichoderma&lt;/em&gt; spp. on seed coat was maximum at lower temperature (15°C). At all the temperature regimes &lt;em&gt;T. harzianum&lt;/em&gt; strain Th-5 has shown higher suppression of the root-rot pathogen, better growth and survival than strains of other species.}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Biological Control}, author={Malathi, P. and Doraisamy, Sabitha}, year={2003}, month={Dec.}, pages={153–159} }