Question

Identify the reason/s due to which Trichoclerma species is a potent biocontrol agent.

Options

• It produces substances that inhibit other soil-borne pathogens from attacking root, rhizomes of the plant it infects.

• It produces substances that enrich soil fertility.

• It produces inorganic substance that increase the productivity of the plants it infects.

• It produces toxins in the gut of the insect that feeds on it.

Answer 1

It produces substances that inhibit other soil-borne pathogens from attacking root, rhizomes of the plant it infects.