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Rhizospheric bacteria for use in preventing Fusarium wilt and crown root rot of tomato under natural field conditions

Journal

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 836-848

Publisher

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2022.2087104

Keywords

Acinetobacter; Bacillus; biocontrol; plant growth promotion; soilborne disease

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  1. Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Mexico) [SIP-20170939, SIP-20181778, SIP 2019-6353, SIP 2020-1685]
  2. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT), Mexico [230186]

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This study investigated the biocontrol effect of four antagonistic bacteria on tomato plants, and found that all four strains significantly suppressed the severity of Fusarium crown and root rot and Fusarium wilt symptoms, while increasing tomato yield.
Biocontrol, an alternative to chemical control against plant pathogens, may also improve plant health and enhance fruit yield. Tomato production in open fields or greenhouses is constrained by the pathogens Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici race 3 (Fol R3) and F. oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (Forl). In this work, we studied the biocontrol effect of the antagonistic bacteria Acinetobacter calcoaceticus AcDB3, Bacillus thuringiensis BtMB9, B. subtilis BsTA16, and B. amyloliquefaciens BaMA26 in field trials with four tomato hybrids over two consecutive growing seasons (2019-2020 and 2020-2021). The effect of these bacteria on plant growth was also evaluated. The presence of F. oxysporum in field soil and/or infected plants was confirmed microbiologically. All four bacterial strains significantly suppressed the severity of Fusarium crown and root rot of tomato (FCRRT) and Fusarium wilt symptoms, as well as increased tomato yield under field conditions. Among the four strains, B. subtilis BsTA16 showed the highest reduction in symptoms of Fusarium wilt (68%) and FCRRT (74%). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of biological control agents (BCAs) exerting antagonistic activity against both FCRRT caused by Forl and Fusarium wilt caused by Fol in tomato under field conditions.

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