ROLE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA (AM) FUNGI AND LIGNIN IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGAINST VASCULAR FUSARIUM WILT DISEASE

Abstract

The current study aimed to assess the biological efficacy of the triple arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) mixture of fungi Glomus etunicatum, G. leptotichum and Rhizophagus intraradices, and mix it with organic matter (O) and pathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.lycopersici by using voyeurism in the plastic house in the growth of the tomato plant after four and eight weeks of cultivation. The results were shown after the treatment of the tomato plant in agriculture with the mixture of mycorrhiza and the pathogenic fungi and organic matter were treated with the mixture of mycorrhiza, organic matter and pathogenic fungi together. The effect of mycorrhiza and organic matter interference on the increase in the percentage of the lignin after eight weeks was very clear. The effect of the mycorrhiza mixture, organic matter and the pathogenic fungi in the percentage of disease incidence on the leaves and roots of the tomato plant, a relative decrease in infection was observed after two and four weeks of cultivation and the percentage of the death of the plant gestures contaminated with the pathogen was low after four weeks transplantation as a result of the effect of the mycorrhiza mixture and organic matter on it.