• Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)/ ESP / Trichoderma harzianum/ soil borne diseases (Ralstonia, Pythium, Alternaria, Fusarium spp. )
• When diseased patches appeared in the lettuce field the grower decided to apply Trichoderma in the field to obtain a homogeneous growth and manage soil borne diseases

• Technical result: Well-rooted homogenous healthy lettuce crop with controlled soil borne diseases
  
• Economic result: Residue free letuce enter market at higher price
• Sustainability (ecological, social and economical) Gains:

• • Reduction in reliance on chemical fertilisers and pesticides
    
  • Increased soil biodiversity enabling more resilient open field lettuce cropping systems
    
  • Enables regenerative land use practices improving soil fertility
    

• • Enables worker and consumer health and wellbeing
    
  • Promotes quality nutritious vegetable production
    

• • Supports farmers’ livelihood and value distribution
    
  • Improvement of financial viability