User talk:Elizanpa/sandbox

Cynthia's Peer Review
Hi Elizanpa,

I was reading over your outline for Trichoderma koningii and it looks like you've done a great job organizing your article, gathering important points from reputable sources and summarizing them into concise points. I like that your outline is overall easy to read and follows a logical order. Here are some suggestions that I hope may be helpful for you as you continue to build upon your article:

Lead
 * I noticed that you have not yet created a Leading section for your fungus. The lead is a short introduction to your fungus. I like to think of this as the mini "Abstract" of the article; it gives the reader an overview of the most important information about your fungus. It should be the first section of an article (placed before the taxobox). Don't forget to include this into your final article! If you'd like to read more about creating a good lead, take a look at this page How to create and manage a good lead section.

History and taxonomy
 * To help the reader get acquainted with Trichoderma koningii, it might be helpful to introduce this section with some basic information about it's discovery (i.e. who discovered T. koningii and in what year, where it was discovered, etc.) Your second reference includes more information on Trichoderma koningii's history in the introduction of that article so you may want to refer there.
 * For your second point, describing which countries Trichoderma koningii can be found, may fit better in the Habitat and ecology section tying into the kind of habitat T. koningii lives best in.

Growth and morphology
 * I like that you combined multiple aspects of T. koningii's growth, colour and sporulation into one concise point. You may want to include a few more lines describing its reproduction/growth. Do T. koningii colonies grow in filaments or does it have a more yeast-like growth?
 * I noticed you mentioned that Trichoderma koningii is a teleomorph, (having a sexual state with the ability to produce fruiting bodies). While reading, I noticed they mentioned that several Trichoderma koningii can also vary in conidia morphology. It may also be helpful to describe Trichoderma koningii's other conidia morphology and include some information on the related structures, such as conidiophores, Phialide characters, etc. There is specific information on these structures, including their sizes, colours, growth temperatures, etc. in Table 3 of article. The "Compendium of soil fungi" is also an excellent source for describing all of these structural details of soil fungi so I recommend looking back to your notes on this.

Physiology
 * You have a good start here with clearly identifying metabolites that your fungus produces. As you continue to write your article, I would imagine you will go into more detail about how metabolites such as 6-pentyl alpha pyrone and koninginins are produced. Are there any other notable metabolites that Trichoderma koningii can produce? Perhaps this would be a good place to put information on that.

Habitat and ecology
 * It's good that you started this section with where Trichoderma koningii is commonly found on. This gives a big picture of Trichoderma koningii's habitat before delving into details.
 * Considering that it lives as a soil fungi, is Trichoderma koningii a saphrotroph, able to feed off of decaying, non-living matter? Think about describing more sorts of places T. koningii thrives on (vegetation such as onions, other plants, etc.).
 * Since Trichoderma koningii is considered pathogenic, it may be useful to create a new heading (perhaps titled "Diseases" or "Pathogenicity") where you can highlight different diseases caused by T. koningii.
 * Considering that Trichoderma koningii is known to play a role in many plant diseases, it may help to create a subheading under your Disease heading for "Plant diseases". Here is an article I found that discusses how Trichoderma koningii along with Sclerotium cepivorum can infect and causes white rot disease in onion plants: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00549.x to help you get started. :)

Overall, you have some well-cited, reliable, and comprehensive sources. Be sure to refer to their references as you continue to improve your article. I hope this was all helpful. Good luck working on your article! :) Cynthia.somai (talk) 22:41, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Lead Section

 * Be sure to include a lead section! This section contains high-level information regarding your fungus – the information you think best describes your fungus (without going too much in detail!)

History and taxonomy

 * Who identified Trichoderma Konigii as a collective name for almost all Trichoderma aggregates? What were its defining features to be classified as this? Why is it identified differently now? You use the words “almost all” … what are the exceptions?
 * Where the fungus was formerly and currently found may be more suitably placed the “Habitat and ecology” (or perhaps even in the lead section!)
 * You should add in this section (provided that the information is available)
 * Who identified this fungus?
 * When was it first identified?

Growth and morphology

 * Very interesting information contained in this section!
 * Consider hyperlinking "sporulation"
 * What is the anamorph?
 * Since this is the teleomorph, can you describe how its sexual reproduction occurs?

Physiology

 * "very common soil fungus" can be used in your lead section
 * hyperlink "koninginins"
 * Describe the mechanism of koninginin production. What is the importance of inhibiting the process of inflammation?
 * Similarly, describe the mechanism of 6-pentyl alpha pyrone production. What is the importance of this substance?
 * https://journals-scholarsportal-info.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/details/00063088/v72i0012/1403_apo6pbieoabp.xml may be useful for this section

Habitat and ecology

 * “pathogenic, causing infection on patients undergoing dialysis” does not appear suitable for this section. Consider creating a new section called “Pathogenicity” and include this information there.

Extra References for Your Use
These are some extra references that you may want to use throughout your article
 * https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-3059.1993.tb01532.x
 * https://journals-scholarsportal-info.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/details/18743900/v11icomplete/1_klamtpftk8.xml

Saramirez-1 (talk) 02:13, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Some suggestions

 * references look OK
 * replaced at the top of your sandboxes
 * “specie” isn’t a word. The singular and plural are both “species”
 * He named these sections as Trichoderma... --> I’m not sure what you mean by this
 * if I haven’t already suggested it, you might be able to locate more content for your agricultural section from [[]]

Medmyco (talk) 19:46, 17 November 2018 (UTC)