Efikasi Beberapa Agens Hayati Terhadap Penekanan Pertumbuhan Pyricularia grisea Secara In Vitro
<p>The demand for rice as an important food crop in Indonesia is still constrained by the attack of blast disease caused by <em>Pyricularia grisea</em>. Controlling using synthetic chemical pesticides has a negative impact on the environment so that the use of biological agents is an alternative option. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of several biological agents against the pathogen <em>P. grisea</em> that causes blast disease in rice plants in vitro. The study used a completely randomized design (CRD) with 6 levels of treatment and was repeated 3 times using the dooble culture method. The results of the study showed that the inhibition of <em>P. grisea</em> was the highest in the treatment of <em>P. grisea</em> × <em>Trichoderma</em> sp. and <em>P. grisea</em> × <em>Gliocladium</em> sp. namely 67.04% and 51.85% compared to other treatments. The <em>P. polymyxa</em> and <em>P. fluorescence</em> treatments showed low inhibition, namely 23.70% and 28.89%. Biological agents <em>Trichoderma</em> sp. and <em>Gliocladium</em> sp. able to inhibit the growth of the fungus <em>P. grisea</em>. Each biological agent has a different percentage of inhibition in that caused by the inhibitory mechanism of the biological agent.</p>