Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
2. College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
Abstract
To evaluate the potential of a bacterial strain as a fungal disease control agent and plant growth promoter, its inhibitory effects on phytopathogens such as Bipolaris sorokiniana, Botrytis cinerea, Colletotrichum capsici, Fusarium graminearum, F. oxysporum, Neocosmospora rubicola, Rhizoctonia solani, and Verticillium dahliae were investigated. The results showed that the inhibitory rates in dual-culture and sterile filtrate assays against these eight phytopathogens ranged from 57% to 83% and from 36% to 92%. The strain was identified as Bacillus velezensis based on morphological and physiological characterization as well as phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA and the gyrase subunit A protein (gyrA) regions. The results demonstrated that B. velezensis was able to produce fungal cell-wall-degrading enzymes, namely, protease, cellulase, and β-1,3-glucanase, and the growth-promotion substances indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and siderophore. Furthermore, B. velezensis BV01 had significant control effects on wheat root rot and pepper Fusarium wilt in a greenhouse. Potted growth-promotion experiments displayed that BV01 significantly increased the height, stem diameter, and aboveground fresh and dry weights of wheat and pepper. The results imply that B. velezensis BV01, a broad-spectrum biocontrol bacterium, is worth further investigation regarding its practical applications in agriculture.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Frontier Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Subject
Virology,Microbiology (medical),Microbiology
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