Access to chemodiversity: the study of Trichoderma sp. under different conditions of cocultivation as a control strategy for fungi that cause fusariosis

• Grant number: 23/04487-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2023
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Cézar Vieira
• Grantee: Eduarda Paranhos Minguez
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Fusariosis is a disease caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium, notable for their extremely aggressive character, being responsible for immense annual losses in economically important crops. The genus Trichoderma is recognized as a natural antagonist of several fungal species, thus acting as an important biological control agent: commercial biofungicides derived from its species act to suppress a wide spectrum of phytopathogens, including those of the genus Fusarium. This work aims to investigate the fungicidal activity of chemical compounds produced by Trichoderma sp. against the phytopathogens Fusarium proliferatum and Fusarium guttiforme, using different experimental cultivation strategies and aiming at the control of these fungi that cause fusariosis.