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Screening of Biocontrol Fungi against Sclerotia of Villosiclava virens and Their Mechanisms

LI Danyang1, DENG Qide1, YONG Mingli1, WANG Hua1, LAI Chaohui2, CHEN Hongming2, HE Wenmiao3, HU Dongwei1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology/College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
    2. Plant Protection Station of Xiangshan County, Xiangshan 315700, China;
    3. Agro-technical Station of Xizhou Town, Xiangshan 315722, China
  • Received:2015-06-26 Online:2016-04-08 Published:2016-04-08

Abstract: Sclerotia of Villosiclava virens, the pathogen of rice false smut, can overwinter and germinate in the next year to produce ascospores as the primary inocula of rice, so the measures decreasing the sclerotial number in paddy field will be practically useful in control of the disease. We screened sclerotium-degrading fungi against V. virens from paddy field soil, the sclerotium-attached fungi, and the fungi from Tibetan plateau. Tests indicated that Bionectria ochroleuca, Gliomastix polychroma, Aspergillus fumigates, Penicillium oxalicum, Gliocladium roseum, and Myrothecium verrucaria could degrade completely the sclerotia within 30-70 d. Ultrastructural examinations showed that the degradation mechanisms included myco-parasitism and saprophytic modes, respectively. Two of the fungi spreading in paddy field in the spring could decrease the false smut balls by 33.9% and 48.6%, respectively.

Key words: Villosiclava virens, rice false smut, biocontrol agent, sclerotium

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