TY - JOUR AU - Tello‐Marquina, J.C. AB - biofertilizer, biostimulant, cucumber, in vitro, Aims: The biostimulant effect of Trichoderma spp. on horticultural crops are nursery, pepper, tomato. highly variable. Thus, practical use of Trichoderma sp. requires feasible Correspondence formulated products and suitable substrates. Jose Ignacio Marın-Guirao, Plant Production Methods and Results: This study evaluates the survival and the growth- in Mediterranean Crop Systems Research promotion effect of a Trichoderma saturnisporum rice formulation compared Group, Department of Agronomy, University with a nonformulated conidia suspension (seven treatments in total), on of Almeria, Almeria 04120, Spain. tomato, pepper and cucumber seedlings grown in two substrates: (i) rich in E-mail: jignaciomarin@gmail.com organic matter (OM) and (ii) mineral substrate without OM. The results 2015/2512: received 4 December 2015, showed beneficial effects on seedling growth in the OM-rich substrate when revised 5 April 2016 and accepted 21 April T. saturnisporum rice formulation (mainly at maximum concentration) was applied, but the effects were opposite when the mineral substrate without OM was used. The effects were closely linked to the level of inoculum in the doi:10.1111/jam.13245 substrate, which was greater upon application of the formulated inoculum as opposed to the nonformulated one. Conclusions: The use of rice to prepare the inoculum of T. saturnisporum seems TI - Effect of Trichoderma on horticultural seedlings' growth promotion depending on inoculum and substrate type JO - Journal of Applied Microbiology DO - 10.1111/jam.13245 DA - 2016-10-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/effect-of-trichoderma-on-horticultural-seedlings-growth-promotion-vaLMB4K0G9 SP - 1095 EP - 1102 VL - 121 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -