Name of Bioagents Gray mold of castor Alternaria leaf blight of sunflower
Disease severity (%) * Disease reduction over control (%) Disease severity (%) * Disease reduction over control (%)
T. asperellum (Tv3) 22.4l 65 25.8abc 59.7
T. asperellum (TvN13) 20.7lmn 67.7 27.6gi 56.9
T. asperellum (Tv33) 21.2lm 66.9 31.9gi 50.2
Trichoderma spp. (T12) 19.2n 70 27.6fg 56.9
Trichoderma spp. (TS4) 36.4f 43.2 31.9gi 50.2
Trichoderma spp. (TS7) 50.5b 21.3 53.2cdefgi 17.2
Trichoderma spp. (TS9) 50.0b 22.2  57.1a 11.1
T.harzianum (TS10) 42.8d 33.3 46.4ab 27.8
T. harzianum(TS12) 23.0jk 64.1  30.7bcdefg 52.2
Trichoderma spp.(T8) 28.9h 55 53.2cdefgi 17.2
T. asperellum(Tv5) 18.8n 70.6 25.4bcdefi 60.5
T. harzianum (Th4d) 13.4o 79  23.5i 63.3
T. asperellum (Tv7)  20.5lm 68  35.7i 44.4
Trichoderma spp. (TSP3) 39.1e 39  50.0bcdefg 22.2
Trichoderma spp. (TA5) 51.4b 20 46.4abcd 27.8
Trichoderma spp. (TS3) 46.4c 27.8 53.2abcd 17.2
T asperellum (Tv22) 53.2a 17.2  50.0abc 22.2
T. asperellum (Tv11) 36.6f 43  42.8bcd 33.3
T. asperellum (Tv2)  19.8mn 69.1  26.0defgi 59.4
T. asperellum (Tv12) 33.5g 47.8  43.5fgi 32.3
T. asperellum (Tv8) 43.5d 32.3 48.2bcde 24.8
Trichoderma spp. (T4) 42.8d 33.3 50.0abcd 22.2
T. asperellum (Tv6) 27.1i 57.7 33.2abcd 48.3
T.harzianum(Th7) 24.2j 62.2  36.4cdefgi 43.2
T. asperellum (TSP1)  19.8mn 69.1 30.7defgi 52.2
Carbendazim – 0.1% 23.0k 64.1 28.9efgi 55
Pathogen check 53.5a 16.6 64.2gi ­­­­-­­­­
SEm.± 1 - 0.07 -
CD (P= 0.05) 1.2 - 2 -
CV (%) 2.2 - 3 -
Table 1: Screening of Trichoderma strains against gray mold of castor and Alternaria leaf blight of sunflower. *Mean values presented are arcsine transformed and the Mean values denoted by the same letter within columns are not significantly different by Duncan Multiple Range Test (P= 0.05), analyzed through ANOVA