Affiliation:
1. Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Técnica de Ambato
2. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Técnica de Ambato
3. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y de la Agricultura. Carrera de Ingeniería Forestal. Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí
Abstract
The present work aimed to isolate and characterize native strains of Trichoderma from Tungurahua, Ecuador. Four methods were used for isolation, the serial dilutions from soil samples being the one that allowed the most significant amount of Trichoderma isolates to be obtained. The diameter of the hyphae, the diameter of the conidia, and the length of the phialides were very similar among the four Trichoderma isolates. The conidiophores were branched with a dry appearance, ellipsoidal to spherical shape. The walls of the conidia were smooth. The conidia were colorless to green. Bottle-shaped phialides were observed in all isolates.
Keywords: conidia, colony, fungi, morphology, phialide
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Epidemiology,Biotechnology