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Beneficial Fungi Raise Greenhouse Tomato Yields and Cut Pests

Beneficial Fungi Raise Greenhouse Tomato Yields and Cut Pests

Trichoderma, Funneliformis

What they found

Trichoderma and Funneliformis fungi raised tomato yields 12-15% and cut leaf-miner damage by up to 90%.

Trichoderma and Funneliformis fungi raised tomato yields 12-15% and cut leaf-miner damage by up to 90%.

The number

increasing marketable tomato yields by 12-15%

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Field/ecology

Field/ecology

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Trichoderma afroharzianum T22, Funneliformis mosseae

Trichoderma afroharzianum T22, Funneliformis mosseae

Published in

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Healthy Tomatoes

Healthy Tomatoes

Nine strains of beneficial soil microbes and two microbial combinations were tested in commercial tomato greenhouses to find sustainable alternatives to chemical pesticides. The fungi (particularly Trichoderma afroharzianum T22 and Funneliformis mosseae) proved most effective, increasing marketable tomato yields by 12-15% while reducing damage from the destructive leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta by up to 90%.

Nine strains of beneficial soil microbes and two microbial combinations were tested in commercial tomato greenhouses to find sustainable alternatives to chemical pesticides. The fungi (particularly Trichoderma afroharzianum T22 and Funneliformis mosseae) proved most effective, increasing marketable tomato yields by 12-15% while reducing damage from the destructive leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta by up to 90%.

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