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Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants

The beneficial role of fungi from the Trichoderma genus and its secondary metabolites in promoting plant growth, uptake and use efficiency of macronutrients and oligo/micro-nutrients, activation of plant secondary metabolism and plant protection from diseases makes it interesting for application in...

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Autores principales: Vukelić, Igor D., Prokić, Ljiljana T., Racić, Gordana M., Pešić, Mirjana B., Bojović, Mirjana M., Sierka, Edyta M., Kalaji, Hazem M., Panković, Dejana M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203436
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22136961
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author Vukelić, Igor D.
Prokić, Ljiljana T.
Racić, Gordana M.
Pešić, Mirjana B.
Bojović, Mirjana M.
Sierka, Edyta M.
Kalaji, Hazem M.
Panković, Dejana M.
author_facet Vukelić, Igor D.
Prokić, Ljiljana T.
Racić, Gordana M.
Pešić, Mirjana B.
Bojović, Mirjana M.
Sierka, Edyta M.
Kalaji, Hazem M.
Panković, Dejana M.
author_sort Vukelić, Igor D.
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description The beneficial role of fungi from the Trichoderma genus and its secondary metabolites in promoting plant growth, uptake and use efficiency of macronutrients and oligo/micro-nutrients, activation of plant secondary metabolism and plant protection from diseases makes it interesting for application in environmentally friendly agriculture. However, the literature data on the effect of Trichoderma inoculation on tomato fruit quality is scarce. Commercially used tomato cultivars were chosen in combination with indigenous Trichodrema species previously characterized on molecular and biochemical level, to investigate the effect of Trichoderma on photosynthetic characteristics and fruit quality of plants grown in organic system of production. Examined cultivars differed in the majority of examined parameters. Response of cultivar Gružanski zlatni to Trichoderma application was more significant. As a consequence of increased epidermal flavonols and decreased chlorophyll, the nitrogen balance index in leaves has decreased, indicating a shift from primary to secondary metabolism. The quality of its fruit was altered in the sense of increased total flavonoids content, decreased starch, increased Bioaccumulation Index (BI) for Fe and Cr, and decreased BI for heavy metals Ni and Pb. Higher expression of swolenin gene in tomato roots of more responsive tomato cultivar indicates better root colonization, which correlates with observed positive effects of Trichodrema.
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spelling pubmed-82689882021-07-10 Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants Vukelić, Igor D. Prokić, Ljiljana T. Racić, Gordana M. Pešić, Mirjana B. Bojović, Mirjana M. Sierka, Edyta M. Kalaji, Hazem M. Panković, Dejana M. Int J Mol Sci Article The beneficial role of fungi from the Trichoderma genus and its secondary metabolites in promoting plant growth, uptake and use efficiency of macronutrients and oligo/micro-nutrients, activation of plant secondary metabolism and plant protection from diseases makes it interesting for application in environmentally friendly agriculture. However, the literature data on the effect of Trichoderma inoculation on tomato fruit quality is scarce. Commercially used tomato cultivars were chosen in combination with indigenous Trichodrema species previously characterized on molecular and biochemical level, to investigate the effect of Trichoderma on photosynthetic characteristics and fruit quality of plants grown in organic system of production. Examined cultivars differed in the majority of examined parameters. Response of cultivar Gružanski zlatni to Trichoderma application was more significant. As a consequence of increased epidermal flavonols and decreased chlorophyll, the nitrogen balance index in leaves has decreased, indicating a shift from primary to secondary metabolism. The quality of its fruit was altered in the sense of increased total flavonoids content, decreased starch, increased Bioaccumulation Index (BI) for Fe and Cr, and decreased BI for heavy metals Ni and Pb. Higher expression of swolenin gene in tomato roots of more responsive tomato cultivar indicates better root colonization, which correlates with observed positive effects of Trichodrema. MDPI 2021-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8268988/ /pubmed/34203436 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22136961 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Vukelić, Igor D.
Prokić, Ljiljana T.
Racić, Gordana M.
Pešić, Mirjana B.
Bojović, Mirjana M.
Sierka, Edyta M.
Kalaji, Hazem M.
Panković, Dejana M.
Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants
title Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants
title_full Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants
title_fullStr Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants
title_short Effects of Trichoderma harzianum on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Fruit Quality of Tomato Plants
title_sort effects of trichoderma harzianum on photosynthetic characteristics and fruit quality of tomato plants
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203436
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22136961
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