DIVERSIFICATION OF ENDOFIT MUSHROOM IN SOYBEAN PLANTS AND ANTAGONISM ABILITY TO PATHOGEN Fusarium, sp.

Abstract

Endophytes are microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, or aktinomisetes) that live and colonize
within the host tissues without causing negative effects, and even give many advantages
to its host. One of the advantages is as a biological control agent both for insect pests
and plant-causing pathogens. As a biological agent, endophytes can reduce crop damage
by insects, nematodes, or disease-causing pathogens through plant resistance induction.
In addition, endophytes can also function as biological agents through antagonistic
interaction and competition. The Long Term Objective of this study is to obtain potential
endophytic fungi as biological agents of insect pests and pathogens; the ongoing
mechanism; as well as endophytic applications in agriculture, especially plantation
crops. Specific Objectives test the potential of enndofite fungi that have the potential to
control the pathogen carried by Fusarium sp. on soybean crops.