The experiments aimed to evaluate under greenhouse conditions the biocontrol of plant pathogens Rhizoctonia solani (RS) and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli (FOP) in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivar Regina and in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar Alessa, respectively, using as antagonistic agents 10 Trichoderma spp. isolates selected from in vitro tests. Inoculants were prepared with rice previously colonized by Trichoderma spp. and subsequently ground. For the tests, the antagonists were previously inoculated at a ratio of 10(9) conidia mL-1 on commercial substrate for seedling production. Following seven days, the pathogens were separately introduced at two different concentrations: R. solani at a ratio of 144 mg rice medium per kg of substrate and F oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli inoculated as a suspension containing 4.75 x 10(6) conidia mL-1. The influence of antagonists on % post-emergence damping-off in lettuce and the severity of wilt in common beans were evaluated. The biopreparation with T-03 isolate was most effective in controlling R. solani in lettuce cultivar Regina, for having reduced the incidence of post-emergence damping-off in this culture. On the other hand, none of the biopreparations showed satisfactory antagonistic effect on F. oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli in common bean plants.
Biocontrol; antagonists; soil-borne pathogens
