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New APS Press title helps users exploit beneficial microorganisms in agriculture -  The ultimate how-to guide for isolating, culturing, and applying key Trichoderma species


St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
February 2016

Trichoderma, a genus of beneficial microorganism that promotes nutrient and mineral uptake as well as the remediation of plant diseases, is an increasingly popular agent used in organic food production systems.

Trichoderma: Identification and Agricultural Applications, a new title from APS PRESS, is the ultimate 'how to' book for harnessing the benefits of Trichoderma. This one-of-a-kind book provides details on how to isolate Trichoderma, select and maintaining efficacious cultures, formulate them for application, and apply them in the field or greenhouse.

The spiral-bound laboratory manual is particularly useful to plant pathologists, biocontrol researchers, diagnosticians, ecologists, mycologists, and even medical/veterinary diagnosticians trying to identify Trichoderma and use their attributes in agricultural applications and studies.

No single source provides so much highly detailed information for identifying Trichoderma and selecting and applying useful strains in agriculture.  

Authors Gary J. Samuels and Prakash K. Hebbar, both recognized experts in this growing field, draw on and translate the experimental literature to clearly describe the process of identifying Trichoderma cultures to species using molecular and classical techniques.

Special features of this book include: 

  • Full-page illustrations of the morphology of 45 species of Trichoderma
  • A synoptic key to the 45 species--the most Trichoderma species ever included in a key thus far
  • Explicit methods for taxonomic studies, including microscopy and culture
  • Primers for identification and phylogenetic studies of Trichoderma
  • A wide review of the methods used in determining effectiveness in vivo and in vitro for biocontrol and other agricultural applications
  • A wide review of methods of application of Trichoderma in agriculture
  • A review of the literature concerning the interactions among Trichoderma, host plants, and fungal pathogens
  • Shows how to isolate Trichoderma, how to select effective strains, how to maintain strains, how to assay the strains for efficacy in several different systems, and ways to register selected beneficial strains

A special section of the book titled, “Interactions Among Trichoderma Species, Plants, and Their Pathogens: A Primer,” offers layman's point of view for agriculturalists who want to understand how this beneficial microorganism interacts with the plant and its pathogens.

Trichoderma: Identification and Agricultural Applications is an excellent catalyst for the promotion of current applications and the development of new advances in crop management techniques in a range of disciplines, including plant pathology, mycology, ecology, and diagnostics.

Visit www.shopapspress.org to learn more about this and other important titles from APS PRESS.

Book Specifications and Data

©2015; 8.5” × 10-7/8” spiral-bound softcover; 190 pages (est.); 55 images; 2 pounds; ISBN 978-0-89054-484-6

This book is published by The American Phytopathological Society (APS) and may be purchased for $185 plus S&H from APS PRESS.



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Published: February 9, 2016

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