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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 132-142.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2025.02.003

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Screening and Identification of Antagonistic Strains from Endophytic Bacteria Isolated from Seeds of Stylosanthes and Exploration of Inhibitory Effects against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

XU Yunfeng, ZHANG Jichang, LUO Lijuan, JIANG Lingyan   

  1. School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China;
    Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
  • Received:2024-01-15 Published:2025-03-21

Abstract: Stylosanthes (stylo) is a leguminous forage widely planted in tropical regions of the world. Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum is the major disease that greatly limits the growth of stylo. Currently, chemical pesticides are the major approaches to control stylo anthracnose, and there is no effective biological pesticides. In order to screen antagonistic bacteria against Colletotrichum, endophytic strains were isolated by co-culturing the seed extract from stylo resistant line with C. gloeosporioides strain. The plate confrontation test showed that 10 strains could significantly inhibit the mycelial growth of C. gloeosporioides, and the ZW21 strain had the strongest antagonistic effect, with the inhibition rates of 70.10%, 73.41%, and 76.86% on the C. gloeosporioides strains HK04, DZ19, and W2, respectively. In addition, the ZW21 strain could also effectively inhibit the mycelial growth of four different C. gloeosporioides strains isolated from major tropical plants. The scanning electron microscope examination showed that the strain ZW21 caused the swelling, distortion and deformity of mycelia. The extracellular enzyme detection showed that the ZW21 strain could produce cellulase, protease, cellulase, xylanase and etc., destroying the structure of pathogen and limiting its growth. Based on physiological, biochemical and molecular biological analysis, strain ZW21 was identified as Bacillus cereus. The inoculation experiments on the detached stylo leaves showed that the fermentation broth of ZW21 strain had a biocontrol efficiency of 89.02%. These results indicate that ZW21 is expected to be used to create bio-pesticides for the prevention and control of stylo anthracnose.

Key words: Stylosanthes, anthracnose, endophytic bacteria, Bacillus cereus, antagonism

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