For example in a previous study, Tjamos and
Fravel (1995) successfully controlled V. dahliae, the causal agent of
wilt disease on several crop plants by application of T. flavus. In a
recent study, Naraghi et al. (2007) used T. flavus against V. dahliae on
different crops including cotton and obtained promising results.
Results of their studies showed that incidence of Verticillium wilt
disease on the above-mentioned crops was significantly reduced by
antagonistic fungi. Production of different volatile and non-volatile
antifungal metabolites has been shown to play important roles in
the mode of action of antagonistic fungi including Talaromyces and
Trichoderma