Chaetomium, Chlonostachys, and Pseudogymnoascus isolates from tomato tissues significantly suppress Phytophthora infestans in tomato

Philemon Orwa; Theresa Kuhl-Nagel; Rosa Meinhold-Ernst; Arne Seyer; Johannes A. Jehle; Romano Mwirichia; Ada Linkies

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0335007

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Chaetomium, Chlonostachys, and Pseudogymnoascus isolates from tomato tissues significantly suppress Phytophthora infestans in tomato

Philemon Orwa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Dossenheim, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0627-0058

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Theresa Kuhl-Nagel,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Plant-Microbe Systems, Großbeeren, Germany
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Rosa Meinhold-Ernst,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Dossenheim, Germany
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Arne Seyer,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Dossenheim, Germany, Geisenheim University, Department of Crop Protection, Geisenheim, Germany
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Johannes A. Jehle,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Dossenheim, Germany
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Romano Mwirichia,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Embu, Department of Biological Sciences, Embu, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4198-5593

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Ada Linkies

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ada.linkies@julius-kuehn.de

Affiliation Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Dossenheim, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5901-8991

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Chaetomium, Chlonostachys, and Pseudogymnoascus isolates from tomato tissues significantly suppress Phytophthora infestans in tomato

Philemon Orwa,
Theresa Kuhl-Nagel,
Rosa Meinhold-Ernst,
Arne Seyer,
Johannes A. Jehle,
Romano Mwirichia,
Ada Linkies

Published: October 24, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335007

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