Affiliation:
1. Western Region Agricultural Research Center (WARC) (Kinki, Chugoku and Shikoku Regions), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 6-12-1 Nishifukatsu-cho, Fukuyama 721-8514, Hiroshima, Japan
2. Research Institute for Agriculture, Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1174-1 Koudaoki, Akaiwa City 709-0801, Okayama, Japan
Abstract
Grapevine crown gall (GCG), which is caused by Allorhizobium vitis (=Rhizobium vitis) tumorigenic strains, is the most important disease of grapevine around the world. Previously, nonpathogenic A. vitis strains VAR03-1, ARK-1, ARK-2, and ARK-3 were identified as promising biological control agents, but the control effects of each strain were not directly compared and assessed in the field because field trials were conducted in different fields and years. Thus, the results of the control effects obtained from 16 field trials in 12 years from 2006 to 2017 were analyzed and evaluated by a linear mixed model (LMM) and a network meta-analysis (NMA). The results of the LMM strongly indicate that the factor “antagonistic strain” was significantly related to the biological control activity in this study, but the other factors, “concentration of cell suspension”, “field”, and “year”, were not. Then, the results of 16 field trials were combined in an NMA. The estimated relative risk (RR) after treatment with ARK-1, ARK-2, ARK-3, VAR03-1, and K84 were 0.16, 0.20, 0.22, 0.24, and 0.74, respectively. In conclusion, strain ARK-1 was the best antagonist regardless of the concentration of the cell suspension, field, and year differences, and it can be recommended to control GCG.
Funder
The Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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