Journal
WATER
Volume 8, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w8110518
Keywords
aquaponics; beneficial bacteria; Pythium ultimum; Saprolegnia parasitica; screening tests
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- Technology Transfer Office of the ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
- Sciex-NMSch, Scientific Exchange Programme between Switzerland and the New Member States of the EU [12.352]
- SNSF in the frame of the national research program Sustainable use of Soil as a Resource [NRP 68, 406840-143144]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [406840_143144] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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One of the main challenges in aquaponics is disease control. One possible solution for this is biological control with organisms exerting inhibitory effects on fish and plant pathogens. The aim of this study was to examine the potential of isolating microorganisms that exert an inhibitory effect on both plant and fish pathogens from an established aquaponic system. We obtained 924 isolates on selective King's B agar and 101 isolates on MRS agar from different compartments of a model aquaponic system and tested them for antagonism against the plant pathogen Pythium ultimum and fish pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica. Overall, 42 isolates were able to inhibit both fungi. Although not yet tested in vivo, these findings open new options for the implementation of biological control of diseases in aquaponics, where plants and fish are cultivated in the same water recirculating system.
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