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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 373-383.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2025.02.027

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Isolation and Identification of Antagonistic Bacterial Strain FCR-Y1 against Wheat Crown Rot and Its Effect on Disease Control and Growth Promotion

ZHU Wenting, ZHANG Mengning, ZHAO Peiyi, WANG Ziming, SHI Yan, SUN Bingjian, CHEN Linlin, LI Honglian   

  1. College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Production of Wheat-Maize Double Cropping, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Received:2024-07-11 Published:2025-04-19

Abstract: Fusarium crown rot (FCR), caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum, is recognized as one of the most destructive wheat diseases in China. Isolating and screening antagonistic bacteria from wheat rhizosphere soil for FCR control represents an environmentally friendly green strategy for disease management. In this study, an antagonistic bacterium, designated FCR-Y1, that efficiently inhibited F. pseudograminearum was isolated from wheat rhizosphere soil by the plate dilution method and confrontation test. The strain FCR-Y1 was identified as Bacillus based on its morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics. Furthermore, phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA and gyrA gene sequences placed FCR-Y1 in the same clade as Bacillus subtilis, leading to its identification as B. subtilis. The strain FCR-Y1 also exhibited inhibitory effects against several other plant pathogenic fungi. Indoor pot-culture experiments revealed that FCR-Y1 achieved both preventive and therapeutic efficacy exceeding 60% against FCR, Additionally, the bacterial suspension of FCR-Y1 effectively inhibited the germination of F. pseudograminearum conidia, and the water-soluble extracts of its fermentation filtrate contained abundant antimicrobial components. These findings suggest that B. subtilis FCR-Y1, isolated from wheat rhizosphere soil, holds promising application potential in the prevention and control of FCR.

Key words: wheat crown rot, Fusarium pseudograminearum, Bacillus subtilis, antagonism, growth promotion

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