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journal1 ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 897-906.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2015.06.012

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Suppression of Tomato Fusarium Wilt Disease by Bacteria Strains and Their Mechanism

ZHANG Liang1, WANG Gailan1, DUAN Jiannan1, ZHAO Lanfeng2, LI Huaxing2   

  1. 1. College of Natural Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;
    2. College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Received:2015-01-05 Online:2015-12-08 Published:2015-12-17

Abstract: The authors tested the inhibition rates of four antagonistic bacteria isolated from healthy soybean roots against as many as nine fungi by in vitro tests and potting experiments in greenhouse. Results showed that all strains exhibited great inhibitory effects on growth of the fungi, with inhibition rates between 51.00%—86.81%; Similar antagonistic abilities were also detected from the cell-free solutions and volatiles. Application of peat formulation of strains SR10 and SR22 to tomato roots prior to transplanting into potting medium infested with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis lycopersici provided great protection from wilt disease under greenhouse conditions, and the disease severity were reduced by 42.33%—51.33% and no difference in comparison with the chemical treatment. Analysis of 16S rRNA indicated that SR10 and SR11 were Paenibacillus polymyxa, SR21 Pseudomonas brassicacearum and SR22 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. All strains could produce proteases, β-1,3-glucanases, HCN, IAA, SA; SR10, SR11 and SR22 could fix nitrogen; SR21 could solubilize phosphate; SR21 and SR22 could produce siderophores; none of them could produce chitinase. PCR analysis of antibiotic biosynthetic genes confirmed that SR10、SR11 and SR22 owned the bacA and srfAA genes, both of SR10 and SR22 owned the ituD gene, SR22 owned fend and bmyB genes; SR21 owned pltD, prnD and phlD genes.

Key words: bio-control bacteria, tomato wilt, identification, antagonistic mechanism.

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