Benefits:

• It plays a vital role to control wilt disease.
• It is beneficial to use with organic matters.
• Dr. Bacto’s 5G Herz effectively control root rot and wilt disease.
• It controls pathogenic fungi.
• Since this fungus is a natural component, it does not harm the environment.
• This fungus grows on organic matter, its effect last longer than chemical fungicides.

Mode of action:

It competes with fungi for nutrients and in turn disease-causing fungi have a reduced supply of nutrients and they get controlled. Trichoderma secretes herzia pyridine and gliotoxin, trichodermin which inhibit the growth of pathogenic fungi.