Strain of Trichoderma harzianum useful as nematode inhibitor, fungicide and plant growth promoter and a process for the isolation thereof

US6475772B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

• Alok Kalra · Lucknow, IN
• Harikesh Bahadur Singh · Lucknow, IN
• Rakesh Pandey · Lucknow, IN
• Nirmal Kumar Patra · Lucknow, IN
• Neetu Katiyar · Lucknow, IN
• Moti Lal Gupta · Lucknow, IN
• Om Parkash Dhawan · Lucknow, IN
• Sushil Kumar · Lucknow, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/945
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A strain of Trichoderma harzianum is obtained that is useful as a nematode inhibitor, fungicide and plant growth promoter. The strain has ATCC accession number PTA-3701. The strain is isolated by treating Trichoderma harzianum isolated from experimental fields of Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Field Station with a mutagen such as ethyl methyl sulphonate, and isolating a whitish and fast growing strain of Trichoderma harzianum.