How does Trianum work?


Besides protecting against diseases, Trianum measurably strengthens your plants and helps them to develop. Trianum contains spores of the beneficial fungus Trichoderma harzianum strain T-22. If Trianum is applied correctly, it develops mycelia, which grow along with the roots. Protect the roots of your crop against diseases such as:

  • Fusarium
  • Pythium
  • Rhizoctonia
  • Sclerotinia


Climate conditions
Trianum-P works effectively under various climate conditions. The fungus grows within a broad temperature range (10-34°C), at pH levels from 4 to 8.5, in a wide variety of different substrates and on the roots of many different crops.

Trianum works on the basis of the following mechanisms:

  1. Competition for space
  2. Competition for nutrients
  3. Parasitism of pathogens
  4. Plant strengthening
  5. Induced resistance
  6. Facilitating the absorption of fixed and non-fixed nutrients

 

1. Competition for space
Trianum grows faster on the surface of the root than other soil-borne fungi. These other fungi are therefore given no chance to establish themselves on the roots as well.

                    Untreated                    Treated with Trianum

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2. Competition for nutrients
Trianum takes away the source of nutrients that the pathogens need to feed on. They therefore have no chance to develop.


3. Parasitism of pathogens
Trianum grows around the mycelia of the pathogen. The cell walls of the pathogen are broken down, and it dies as a result.

 

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4. Plant strengthening
Trianum improves the root system through the formation of more root hairs, as a result of which water and nutrients can be absorbed better. This gives rise to better yields with a stronger and more uniform crop. This is particularly visible if the plant is under stress, and under less than optimum growing conditions.


5. Induced resistance
Trianum also reinforces the defence mechanism of the parts of the plant above ground, fighting powdery mildew for example. This is called induced systemic resistance (ISR).


6. Facilitating the absorption of fixed and non-fixed nutrients
Nutritional elements such as certain trace elements and phosphates are sometimes fixed in the soil, and therefore cannot be absorbed by the plant. This happens particularly in soil with a higher level of acidity (i.e. with a lower pH). Phosphate often forms compounds with calcium, iron or other trace elements, and as a result is no longer soluble.

Trianum has the capacity to make certain “fixed” nutrients available for the plant to absorb. Certain elements, such as manganese, are essential for the plant to fight diseases. Manganese is important for the natural defences of the plant against diseases.

Trianum produces certain substances which, amongst other things, change iron from Fe3+ into Fe2+, making it possible for the plant to absorb it.