TY - JOUR AU - Kredics, László AU - Chen, Liqiong AU - Kedves, Orsolya AU - Büchner, Rita AU - Hatvani, Lóránt AU - Allaga, Henrietta AU - Nagy, Viktor D. AU - Khaled, Jamal M. AU - Alharbi, Naiyf S. AU - Vágvölgyi, Csaba PY - 2018 M3 - Review TI - Molecular Tools for Monitoring Trichoderma in Agricultural Environments JO - Frontiers in Microbiology UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01599 VL - 9 SN - 1664-302X N2 - Various Trichoderma species possess significance in agricultural systems as biofertilizers or biocontrol agents (BCAs). Besides these beneficial features, certain Trichoderma species can also act as agricultural pests, causing the green mold disease of cultivated mushrooms. This double-faced nature of the genus in agricultural environments points at the importance of proper monitoring tools, which can be used to follow the presence and performance of candidate as well as patented and/or registered biocontrol strains, to assess the possible risks arising from their application, but also to track harmful, unwanted Trichoderma species like the green molds in mushroom growing facilities. The objective of this review is to discuss the molecular tools available for the species- and strain-specific monitoring of Trichoderma, ranging from immunological approaches and fingerprinting tools to exogenous markers, specific primers used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as well as “omics” approaches. ER -