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http://dx.doi.org/10.5423/RPD.2015.21.4.280

Biological Control of Fusarium Stalk Rot of Maize Using Bacillus spp.  

Han, Joon-Hee (Division of Bioresource Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Park, Gi-Chang (Division of Bioresource Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Joon-Oh (Division of Bioresource Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Kyoung Su (Division of Bioresource Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
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Research in Plant Disease / v.21, no.4, 2015 , pp. 280-289 More about this Journal
Abstract
Maize (Zea mays L.) is an economically important crop in worldwide. While the consumption of the maize is steadily increasing, the yield is decreasing due to continuous mono-cultivation and infection of soil-borne fungal pathogens such as Fusarium species. Recently, stalk rot disease in maize, caused by F. subglutinans and F. temperatum has been reported in Korea. In this study, we isolated bacterial isolates in rhizosphere soil of maize and subsequently tested for antagonistic activities against F. subglutinans and F. temperatum. A total of 1,357 bacterial strains were isolated from rhizosphere. Among them three bacterial isolates (GC02, GC07, GC08) were selected, based on antagonistic effects against Fusarium species. The isolates GC02 and GC07 were most efficient in inhibiting the mycelium growth of the pathogens. The three isolates GC02, GC07 and GC08 were identified as Bacillus methylotrophicus, B. amyloliquefaciens and B. thuringiensis using 16S rRNA sequence analysis, respectively. GC02 and GC07 bacterial suspensions were able to suppress over 80% conidial germination of the pathogens. GC02, GC07 and GC08 were capable of producing large quantities of protease enzymes, whereas the isolates GC07 and GC08 produced cellulase enzymes. The isolates GC02 and GC07 were more efficient in phosphate solubilization and siderophore production than GC08. Analysis of disease suppression revealed that GC07 was most effective in suppressing the disease development of stalk rot. It was also found that B. methylotrophicus GC02 and B. amyloliquefaciens GC07 have an ability to inhibit the growth of other plant pathogenic fungi. This study indicated B. methylotrophicus GC02 and B. amyloliquefaciens GC07 has potential for being used for the development of a biological control agent.
Keywords
Bacillus spp.; Biological control; Fusarium spp.; Maize; Stalk rot;
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