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MICROORGANISMS
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081536
Keywords
biocontrol; seed treatment; actinomycetes; Fusarium graminearum; strain-specific primers; endophytes
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- Linea 3 -BOOST2 project by the University of Milan
- Italian Ministry of University and Research PRIN2020 (MYCENDEA) [2020ZAYHKA_001]
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Streptomycetes are potential candidates for the biological control of Fusarium Head Blight in wheat. Previous studies mainly focused on the application of streptomycetes when the wheat plant is mature and close to flowering. This study tested the effects of seed treatment with Streptomyces sp. DEF39 spores before sowing on the development of FHB symptoms and found that it could partially protect wheat from FHB disease.
Streptomycetes are promising candidates for the biological control of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in wheat. Studies involving the use of streptomycetes as biological control agents (BCAs) have been limited to the application when the wheat plant is developed, close to the infection on the spike during flowering. Here, we tested the effects of seed treatment with the Streptomyces sp. DEF39 spores before sowing on FHB symptoms' development. The seed treatment protected the plant from infection by Fusarium graminearum by 49% (p = 0.04). We traced Streptomyces sp. DEF39 in plant organs using strain-specific primers here developed, showing that the streptomycete acts as an endophyte, colonizing the plant tissues up to the spike as well as the roots. This work suggests that it is possible to use a streptomycete as a seed coating BCA, able to partially protect wheat from FHB disease.
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