Amendment with Peony Root Bark Improves the Biocontrol Efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum against Rhizoctonia solani

  • Lee, Tae-Ok (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University) ;
  • Khan, Zakaullah (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Gyu (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Ho (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2008.09.30

Abstract

We tested Trichoderma harzianum as a biocontrol agent for Rhizoctonia solani AG2-1, using six natural antifungal materials to improve its efficacy. Among the six materials tested, peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) root bark (PRB) showed the strongest antifungal activity against R. solani AG2-1, and was not antagonistic to T. harzianum. Scanning electron microscopy showed that treatment with PRB extract resulted in shortened and deformed R. so/ani AG2-1 hyphal cells. The control of radish damping-off caused by R. so/ani AG2-1 was greatly increased by combined treatments of T. harzianum and PRB, as compared with either of the two treatments alone, with the control effect increased from 42.3-51.5% to 71.4-87.6%. The antifungal compound in PRB, which was isolated in chloroform and identified as paeonol by mass spectrometry, $^1H$ NMR, and $^{13}C$ NMR analyses, inhibited the growth of R. so/ani AG2-1 but not that of T. harzianum. Thus, PRB powder or extract may be used as a safe additive to T. harzianum to improve the control of the soil borne diseases caused by R. so/ani AG2-1.

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