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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 10-22.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2025.02.068

• Special Topic: Synergistic Approaches and Efficacy Evaluation of Biocontrol Agents for Plant Disease Control • Previous Articles    

Control Effect of Composite Microbial Consortium on Astragalus membranaceus Root Rot and Its Influence on Microorganism Community in Rhizosphere Soil

WANG Yan, ZHAO Rui, GAO Yuqing, LI Jiangbo, WANG Chunwei   

  1. College of Plant Protection, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • Received:2025-01-02 Published:2026-02-11

Abstract: To screen composite microbial consortium for the control of Astragalus membranaceus root rot, antagonistic strains were screened from the rhizosphere soil of A. membranaceus using the gradient dilution and plate confrontation methods. The strains were further identified based on morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics and molecular biology methods. The antagonistic strains were combined to construct a consortium, and its effects on defense related enzymes in A. membranaceus roots were evaluated. The influence of the composite microbial consortium on soil bacterial community was analyzed using high-throughput sequencing technology. The results showed that strains 6-35, 17-27 and 62-313 could significantly inhibit Fusarium oxysporum, with the inhibition zone width of 6.5, 8.4 and 4.2 mm, respectively. Strains 6-35, 17-27 and 62-313 were identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Paenibacillus polymyxa and B. cereus, respectively. The optimal fermentation ratio was 3:1:1, with an inhibition rate of 40.90%. The composite microbial consortium showed the control efficacy of 72.17% and 80.36% at 7 and 14 d after inoculation on A. membranaceus root rot, respectively. After treatment with the composite microbial consortium, the activities of chitinase, peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD), phenylalanine ammonialyase (PAL), andcatalase (CAT) significantly increased in A. membranaceus roots. The application of composite microbial consortium could increase α and β diversity of rhizosphere bacterial communities, and various beneficial microorganisms such as Gemmatimonas and Streptomyces in the treatment soil was significantly higher than that in the control soil. The composite microbial consortium had excellent control effects on A. membranaceus root rot, and might be used for the development and application of biological control reagent.

Key words: antagonistic bacterium, identification, composite microbial consortium, defense enzyme, microbial diversity

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