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Biostimulant Effect of Trichoderma Asperellum-Based Product on Tomato Plants and Its Acute Toxicity

Abstract

A biostimulant product containing 2% Trichoderma asperellum conidia improves the agronomic parameters of the tomato plants treated compared with the control. The lengths, fresh and dry weights of the aerial and root parts, reached 115/90.33 cm; 58/39,33 cm; 205.43/73.87 g; 157.93/88.87 g. The product was also tested in warm-blooded animals. Groups of fasted, 8–12-week-old rats “Wistar” line were given single doses of 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 1 (2%) calculated according to their body weight. During 90 days of treatment, no acute toxicity was detected, and the lethality rate remained null. The average body weight was normal compared to the control rats varying between 99.6 g - 133.33 g after 14 days and 218 g - 316 g after 90 days.

Research topics

  • Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
  • Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions

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DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-9450-2.ch003

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