title: The first report on mushroom green mould disease in Croatia.
abstract: Green mould disease, caused by Trichoderma species, is a severe problem for mushroom growers worldwide, including Croatia. Trichoderma strains were isolated from green mould-affected Agaricus bisporus (button or common mushroom) compost and Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) substrate samples collected from Croatian mushroom farms. The causal agents of green mould disease in the oyster mushroom were T. pleurotum and T. pleuroticola, similar to other countries. At the same time, the pathogen of A. bisporus was exclusively the species T. harzianum, which is different from earlier findings and indicates that the range of mushroom pathogens is widening. The temperature profiles of the isolates and their hosts overlapped, thus no range was found that would allow optimal growth of the mushrooms without mould contamination. Ferulic acid and certain phenolic compounds, such as thymol showed remarkable fungistatic effect on the Trichoderma isolates, but inhibited the host mushrooms as well. However, commercial fungicides prochloraz and carbendazim were effective agents for pest management. This is the first report on green mould disease of cultivated mushrooms in Croatia.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Lóránt
authors: L
authors: Hatvani
authors: Petra
authors: P
authors: Sabolić
authors: Sándor
authors: S
authors: Kocsubé
authors: László
authors: L
authors: Kredics
authors: Dorina
authors: D
authors: Czifra
authors: Csaba
authors: C
authors: Vágvölgyi
authors: Joško
authors: J
authors: Kaliterna
authors: Dario
authors: D
authors: Ivić
authors: Edyta
authors: E
authors: Đermić
authors: Ivan
authors: I
authors: Kosalec
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales; D017523:Croatia; D005516:Food Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*