Sarah R. Carrino-Kyker

Trichoderma reduces the relative abundance of pathogen-associated fungi while maintaining fungal community stability in Rhododendron soils

It is demonstrated that Trichoderma does not restructure fungal communities in host-structured soils but instead acts as a functionally selective agent, reducing pathogen-associated fungi under specific ecological contexts, emphasizing the importance of ecological context in shaping plant–microbe interactions.