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

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136961

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organic agriculture; polytunnel; Solanum lycopersicum L; symbiotic endophyte

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  1. Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development of the Republic of Serbia [III43010, TR 31080, TR 31005]

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Research showed that fungi from the Trichoderma genus can promote plant growth and improve fruit quality in organic tomato cultivation, with a more significant effect on the Gruzanski zlatni cultivar. By altering the nitrogen balance index in leaves and fruit composition, Trichoderma fungi can induce plant secondary metabolism and increase flavonoid content in fruit.
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 Gruzanski 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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