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Biocontrol Potential of Fungal Endophytes against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum Causing Wilt in Cucumber

  • Abro, Manzoor Ali (Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Crop Protection, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam) ;
  • Sun, Xiang (State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 1) ;
  • Li, Xingchun (State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 1) ;
  • Jatoi, Ghulam Hussain (Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Crop Protection, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam) ;
  • Guo, Liang-Dong (State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 1)
  • Received : 2019.05.01
  • Accepted : 2019.08.22
  • Published : 2019.12.01
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Abstract

Endophytic fungi have received much attention as plant growth promoters as well as biological control agents against many plant pathogens. In this study, 30 endophytic fungal species, isolated from various plants in China, were evaluated using in vitro dual culture assay against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum, causing wilt in cucumber. The results of the present study clearly showed that all the 30 endophytic fungal isolates were highly capable of inhibiting the mycelial colony growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum with inhibition % over 66% as compared to control treatments. Among all of them, 5 isolates were highly effective such as, Penicillium sp., Guignardia mangiferae, Hypocrea sp., Neurospora sp., Eupenicillium javanicum, and Lasiodiplodia theobromae, respectively. The Penicillium sp. and Hypocrea sp. were highly effective as compared to other isolates. From in vitro results 10 best isolates were selected for greenhouse studies. The results of the greenhouse studies showed that among all of them 3 endophytic fungal isolates successfully suppressed wilt severity when co-inoculation with pathogen Fusarium. oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum. The endophytic fungi also enhanced plant growth parameters of the host plants, the antagonistic fungal isolates increased over all plant height, aerial fresh, and dry weight as compared to control.

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