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journal1 ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2/3): 219-225.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2017.02.012

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Plant System Resistance Triggered by Root-colonizing Bacillus subtilis PTS-394 and Its Control Effect on Tomato Gray Mold

QIAO Junqing1, ZHANG Xinning2, LIANG Xuejie1, LIU Yongfeng1, LIU Youzhou1   

  1. 1. Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China;
    2. Agriculture Committee of Suining County, Suining 221225, China
  • Received:2016-07-05 Online:2017-06-08 Published:2017-04-08

Abstract: The majority of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) has ability to reduce a plant's susceptibility to pathogen attack by activating plant defenses. In this study, the defense-related enzyme activity, signal transduction pathways and control efficiency against tomato gray mold were investigated to clarify the mechanism of tomato systemic resistance triggered by Bacillus subtilis PTS-394. After root drenching with PTS-394, the PAL, PPO, POX, LOX activity of the top tomato leaves increased at 24-72 h and peaked at 72 h, then declined at 96 h. Meanwhile, the key gene NPR1 in tomato resistance signaling pathway and defense gene PR-1a in salicylic acid (SA) signaling pathway were expressed significantly at 24-72 h after treatment with PTS-394. Accordingly, PTS-394 is capable of inducing systemic resistance in tomato plants. Infection experiment of Botrytis cinerea on detached tomato leaves indicated that the lesion area treated with PTS-394 was only half of that in the blank control, and the control efficacy against tomato grey mold was about 47.1%. Pot experiments in greenhouse showed that the control efficacy on tomato gray mold was 58.2%. In summary, the application of Bacillus subtilis PTS-394 could trigger tomato systemic disease resistance which plays an important role in the control of tomato gray mold.

Key words: Bacillus subtilis, tomato, defense-related enzyme, signal transduction pathways

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