TRICHODERMA
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Intensive modern agriculture has resulted in widespread use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and heavy irrigation which resulted in problems like heavy metal and xenobiotics contamination of soil as well as increased soil salinity, all leading to yield loss. Crop plants are not naturally equipped with a machinery to cope with elevated levels of toxicity imposed by the intensive agriculture, as well as stresses imposed by climate change. An attractive option is to express such genes that can make the plants tolerant to these abiotic stresses, from heterologous sources. TRANSGENIC PLANTS FOR IMPROVED ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE : The widely used biocontrol fungi Trichoderma spp. are known to be tolerant to xenobiotics and heavy metals. In addition, these beneficial fungi also improve tolerance of crop plants to various abiotic stresses
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