Anthracnose is a severe fungal disease that knows no boundary infecting almost all crops including mangoes and tomatoes. Its characteristic signs – necrotic spots on fruits, leaves and stems – are devastating for agricultural producers, reducing crop yields. Chemical fungicides, though efficient in their function, are creating long term problems to the environment hence the push by farmers towards sustainable approaches. There is Trichoderma harzianum which is a good biofungicide with potential high control efficacy on some diseases especially when incorporated in products such as Trianum Shield.
What is Anthracnose?
Anthracnose is mainly brought about by a number of fungi species such as Colletotrichum spp. and these fungi are usually found in warm wet conditions. This disease affects the plant in that it leads to the formation of small, rounded, and sunken lesions on fruits and leaves which grow bigger and cause the fruit to drop early and reduce quality fruits produced. Indeed, the cost of managing this disease is crucial to the profitability of many mango and tomato farmers.
The Change to Biological Solutions
Traditional ways to control anthracnose is by using synthetic fungicides. Nevertheless, the typical application of these chemicals in a long term has some issues connected with residues, the harm done to the environment, and the ability of pathogens to develop resistance. As the world shifts towards smart farming, eco-friendly products such as Trichoderma products have become the best option for disease control among farmers.
The Role of Trichoderma Harzianum
Trichoderma harzianum is a biological control agent in the form of a favourable fungus. It works in several ways to suppress disease-causing fungi:
- Competitive Exclusion: Because it adheres to the suface of plant roots and all external plant parts more rapidly than pathogenic fungi, it occupies less space and exploits more of the nutrients that would otherwise be used by the latter.
- Mycoparasitism: Trichoderma parasitizes and kills the mentioned fungal pathogens, including those which cause anthracnose.
- Induced Resistance: That way, it strengthens the plant’s own defense system and the plant becomes more resistant to diseases.
- Improved Soil Health: Since it enlighten’s a healthy proportion of microbes in the soil, Trichoderma will help crops in general enhance their strength of fighting diseases.
Trianum Shield: A Accurate Biological Implant
Trianum Shield is an organic fungicide for anthracnose that contains Trichoderma harzianum and gives farmers an environmentally safe way to combat anthracnose and other plant diseases. This product is a unique formulation developed by Novobac to enhance plant robustness and minimize the impact of diseases on production, especially for those implemented in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems.
- Eco-Friendly: This product is different from chemical fungicides since it does not cause possible toxic residue on crops, a factor that permits its frequent application during the cropping season up to the time of harvesting.
- Long-Term Effectiveness: Due to the ability to work in multiple modes Trianum Shield provides effective fight against the current infection and enhances plant resistances to reinfections.
- Ease of Application: Target, can be applied using Soil/Aerial anthracnose tomato treatment, this makes it suitable for all farming methods, either by application to the soil or by spraying the foliage.
Case Study
Trianum Shield was used in a recent study conducted on mango orchards suffering from anthracnose disease to good results. Farmers noted a reduction in the disease infection especially after the routine application of the biofungicide. In addition to disease management, trees with the treated mango trees confirmed to have fine growth and quality fruits attributed to the use of Trichoderma harzianum as part of their crop control measures.
Conclusion
This is due to the fact that, despite ever increasing challenges of anthracnose to farmers across the globe, the market is in search of organic control agents like Trichoderma harzianum. The “plot sprays” such as the Trianum Shield give an environmentally safe solution to ensure the control of plant diseases without the use of chemicals. Trianum Shield is the new future in disease management for agriculture by promoting improved plant health, better soil conditions, and permanent disease immunity.
Farmers can do this without much concern since they are protecting the future generations ‘crop as well as the environment.
