Trichoderma asperellum

Trichoderma asperellum Samuels, Lieckf & Nirenberg ^[1] is a species of fungus in the family Hypocreaceae.^[2] It can be distinguished from T. viride by molecular and phenotypic characteristics. The most important molecular characteristics are divergent ITS-1 and 28S sequences and RFLP's of the endochitinase gene.^{[citation needed]} Main phenotypic characters are conidial ornamentation and arrangement and branching of the conidiophores.^{[citation needed]}

Trichoderma asperellum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Hypocreaceae
Genus:	Trichoderma
Species:	T. asperellum
Binomial name
Trichoderma asperellum Samuels, Lieckf. & Nirenberg 1999

Important isolates

This species has been used commercially and experimentally as a biopesticide for plant disease control: some commercial isolates were previously placed in T. harzianum.^{[citation needed]}