scholarly journals Development of fungal-mediated soil suppressiveness against Fusarium wilt disease via plant residue manipulation

Microbiome ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianfu Yuan ◽  
Shan Hong ◽  
Wu Xiong ◽  
Waseem Raza ◽  
Zongzhuan Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Disease Suppression ◽  
Plant Residue ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Soil Pathogens ◽  
Vitro Assay

Abstract Background The development of suppressive soils is a promising strategy to protect plants against soil-borne diseases in a sustainable and viable manner. The use of crop rotation and the incorporation of plant residues into the soil are known to alleviate the stress imposed by soil pathogens through dynamics changes in soil biological and physicochemical properties. However, relatively little is known about the extent to which specific soil amendments of plant residues trigger the development of plant-protective microbiomes. Here, we investigated how the incorporation of pineapple residues in soils highly infested with the banana Fusarium wilt disease alleviates the pathogen pressure via changes in soil microbiomes. Results The addition of above- and below-ground pineapple residues in highly infested soils significantly reduced the number of pathogens in the soil, thus resulting in a lower disease incidence. The development of suppressive soils was mostly related to trackable changes in specific fungal taxa affiliated with Aspergillus fumigatus and Fusarium solani, both of which displayed inhibitory effects against the pathogen. These antagonistic effects were further validated using an in vitro assay in which the pathogen control was related to growth inhibition via directly secreted antimicrobial substances and indirect interspecific competition for nutrients. The disease suppressive potential of these fungal strains was later validated using microbial inoculation in a well-controlled pot experiment. Conclusions These results mechanistically demonstrated how the incorporation of specific plant residues into the soil induces trackable changes in the soil microbiome with direct implications for disease suppression. The incorporation of pineapple residues in the soil alleviated the pathogen pressure by increasing the relative abundance of antagonistic fungal taxa causing a negative effect on pathogen growth and disease incidence. Taken together, this study provides a successful example of how specific agricultural management strategies can be used to manipulate the soil microbiome towards the development of suppressive soils against economically important soil-borne diseases.

scholarly journals MANAGING FUSARIUM WILT OF PEA BY UTILIZING DIFFERENT APPLICATION METHODS OF FUNGICIDES

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saman Aslam ◽  
Muhammad U. Ghazanfar ◽  
Nida Munir ◽  
Muhammad I. Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Untreated Control ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Effective Concentration ◽  
Good Efficiency ◽  
Vitro Assay ◽  
Minimum Effective Concentration ◽  
Application Methods

Fusarium wilt of pea is an ubiquitous disease of pea in all peas growing areas. The disease is able to cause hundred percent yield losses under favorable conditions. Multiple management approaches are in use to control this soil pathogen on different growth stages of crop, in which chemical control is providing quick response. This study was designed to evaluate different fungicides and their application methods to inhibit the pathogenic growth and development. Moreover, minimum effective concentration of fungicides against wilt disease of pea was also evaluated. Both in vitro and in vivo bio assays were designed to test the fungicidal efficacy. During in vitro assay minimum effective concentration of 10ppm from four fungicides Thiophanate methyl, Acrobat, Matalyxal and Fosetyl aluminium was evaluated. In green house assay flooding method was proved more affective against wilt disease of pea. The fungicides application showed significantly lower disease incidence as compared to untreated control. Acrobate provided more appreciable response to decrease disease incidence during flooding method and Fosetyl aluminum showed good efficiency in inhibition of pathogen during seed treatment and spraying method. Plant growth parameters were also measured and significant improvement was observed in growth response of treated plants as compared to untreated control. The results showed that fungicides can provide efficient control measures against pea wilt disease by utilizing appropriate application method.

scholarly journals Suppression of Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease With Soil Microbial Mechanisms Via Pineapple Rotation and Residue Amendment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinming Yang ◽  
Zongzhuan Shen ◽  
Xiangyu Ren ◽  
Wei Gao ◽  
Yutong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Alpha Diversity ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Disease Suppression ◽  
Plant Residue ◽  
Fungal Community Composition ◽  
Sequencing Platform ◽  
Banana Crop

Abstract Aims The large outbreak of banana Fusarium wilt has become a bottleneck limiting the industry’s development, and crop rotation is a cost-effective and essential measure to overcome the obstacles of banana crop monoculture. The present work was carried out to explore the mechanisms of how changes in physicochemical properties and the reestablishment of soil microorganisms in high-incidence soils are affected by crop rotation and plant residue. Methods In this study, pineapple-banana crop rotation and pineapple residue amendment were used to alleviate banana Fusarium wilt, and their effects on bacterial and fungal communities were studied using the MiSeq Illumina sequencing platform. Results Both pineapple-banana rotation and residue addition significantly reduced disease incidence. Moreover, pineapple rotation and residue amendment altered the bacterial and fungal community composition. The taxonomic and phylogenetic alpha diversity of bacteria and fungi significantly increased against disease suppression and nutrition competition. The relative abundances of the Burkholderia, Pseudomonas, Elaphocordyceps, Penicillium, and Talaromyces genera were higher, and the number of Fusarium was significantly lower in rotational soil than in banana monoculture soil. Finally, linear models (LM) was used to show that the Burkholderia and Talaromyces in crop rotation, and Aspergillus in residue amendment have significant negative relationship to disease incidence, which plays a key role in Fusarium reduction. Conclusions To consider the economic benefits and protect the vitality of the soil, this study suggested that pineapple-banana rotation and pineapple residue amendment both could be considered for the sustainable management of banana wilt.

scholarly journals Manipulating the soil microbiomes during a community recovery process with plant beneficial species for the suppression of Fusarium wilt of watermelon

AMB Express ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Zhang ◽  
Chao Xue ◽  
Dan Fang ◽  
Xiaohui He ◽  
Mengyu Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Soil Microbial Community ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Microbial Community Composition ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Soil Fumigation ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Soil Microbial Diversity ◽  
Soil Microbial

AbstractFusarium wilt is a devastating disease which impacts watermelon production. Soil fumigation using dazomet followed by biological organic fertilizer was applied to suppress the Fusarium wilt disease. We propose that fumigation suppresses the soil indigenous community, especially the soil-borne pathogens, while the utilization of bio-organic fertilizer facilitates the recovery of the soil microbiome to a beneficial, suppressive state through the introduction of plant growth-promoting microorganisms. Greenhouse experiment showed that applied biological organic fertilizer after dazomet fumigation effective restrain the disease incidence with a 93.6% disease control. Fumigation strongly decreased soil microbial diversity and altered relative taxa abundances, suggesting the possibility of niche release by the resident soil microbial community. Fumigation followed by bio-fertilizer transformed the soil microbial community composition and resulted in higher relative abundances of beneficial microbial groups such as Bacillus (8.5%) and Trichoderma (13.5%), coupled with lower Fusarium abundance compared to other treatments. Network analysis illustrated that soil fumigation decreased interactions within the soil microbial community with less nodes and links while bio-fertilizer addition promoted node interactions. In addition, bio-fertilizer addition after fumigation resulted in the beneficial species becoming the key network connectors. Collectively, fumigation appears to release the resident soil niche resulting in lower diversity while the beneficial microbes introduced by bio-fertilizer addition colonize these niches, leading to a more complex community with fewer pathogens that suppresses Fusarium wilt disease incidence.

scholarly journals Biological Control of Fungal Diseases by Trichoderma aggressivum f. europaeum and Its Compatibility with Fungicides

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 598
Author(s):  
Brenda Sánchez-Montesinos ◽  
Mila Santos ◽  
Alejandro Moreno-Gavíra ◽  
Teresa Marín-Rodulfo ◽  
Francisco J. Gea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Antagonistic Activity ◽  
La Mancha

Our purpose was to evaluate the ability of Trichoderma aggressivum f. europaeum as a biological control agent against diseases from fungal phytopathogens. Twelve isolates of T. aggressivum f. europaeum were obtained from several substrates used for Agaricus bisporus cultivation from farms in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Growth rates of the 12 isolates were determined, and their antagonistic activity was analysed in vitro against Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusarium solani f. cucurbitae, Pythium aphanidermatum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Mycosphaerella melonis, and all isolates had high growth rates. T. aggressivum f. europaeum showed high antagonistic activity for different phytopathogens, greater than 80%, except for P. aphanidermatum at approximately 65%. The most effective isolate, T. aggressivum f. europaeum TAET1, inhibited B. cinerea, S. sclerotiorum, and M. melonis growth by 100% in detached leaves assay and inhibited germination of S. sclerotiorum sclerotia. Disease incidence and severity in plant assays for pathosystems ranged from 22% for F. solani to 80% for M. melonis. This isolate reduced the incidence of Podosphaera xanthii in zucchini leaves by 66.78%. The high compatibility by this isolate with fungicides could allow its use in combination with different pest management strategies. Based on the results, T. aggressivum f. europaeum TAET1 should be considered for studies in commercial greenhouses as a biological control agent.

scholarly journals The Effect of Various pH Medium on the Secondary Metabollites Production from Trichoderma harzianum T10 to Control Damping Off on Cucumber Seedlings

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Nur Chalimah ◽  
Loekas Soesanto ◽  
Woro Sri Suharti
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Trichoderma Harzianum ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
In Vitro Assay ◽  
Cucumber Seedling ◽  
Damping Off ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Vitro Assay ◽  
Cucumber Seedlings

Damping-off is one of the main diseases in cucumber seedlings caused by Pythium sp. Secondary metabolites of Trichoderma harzianum T10 can conduct the control of the disease. The pH of the medium influences the production of secondary metabolites. The research aimed to determine the effective pH medium on production of T. harzianum T10 secondary metabolites, and the effect of the T. harzianum T10 secondary metabolites application in damping-off disease control also to the growth of cucumber seedling. The research was consist of two steps; 1) in vitro assay with various pH levels 5; 3; 3.5; 4; 4.5; 5.5; 6; 6.5; and 7, 2) In planta treatments consisted of control, fungicide (Mancozeb), secondary metabolites in pH 5 and 5.5 with the concentration of 5, 10 and 15% each. The research showed that: 1) the effective pH medium for the production of T. harzianum T10 secondary metabolites was 5 and 5.5. 2) application of the T. harzianum T10 secondary metabolites on pH 5 and 5.5 with a concentration of 5, 10, and 15% could decrease the disease incidence and support cucumber seedling growth.

scholarly journals Integrated management of the Fusarium vascular wilt disease of Cucurbita pepo in Iraq

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Safaa N. Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Cucurbita Pepo ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Pathogenicity Test ◽  
Vascular Wilt ◽  
Universal Primer ◽  
Vascular Wilt Disease

Fusarium vascular wilt disease is one of the most harmful disease that affected broad range of plant species including zucchini (Cucurbita pepo). The objective of the research was to investigate the presence of the phytopathogenic gungus Fusarium oxysporum the causal agent of the disease in zucchini fields. Forty five isolates of F. oxysporum were isolated from four locations in province of Dyala during 2014-2015. Isolate Foq9 was most virulent in the pathogenicity test in vitro. Twenty nine isolates of them amplified their DNA positively with the universal primer of F. oxysporum in the polymerase chain reaction technique (PCR). In vitro significant suppression efficiency were observed of the fungicides Topsin M 70 WP (Tm) and Tecto 500 SC (Tc) and two botanical extract solution extracted from Garlic (Gr) and Ginger (Gn) against the pathogen on the potato sucrose agar (PSA). In greenhouse experiments all of the agents decreased the percentage of disease incidence and severity significantly, while the tetra-inoculum (Tm+Tc+Gr+Gn) was superior which exhibited 0% disease incidence and severity compared to the negative control which was 95%, 79% respectively, also the combined application of the botanical extracts (Gr+Gn) reduced the disease incidence and severity significantly. All of the treatment increased plant growth criteria represented by dry weight of the plant compared to the control.

scholarly journals Inducing Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease Suppression through Soil Microbiome Reshaping by Pineapple-Banana Rotation Combined with Biofertilizer Application

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beibei Wang ◽  
Jinming Yang ◽  
Zongzhuan Shen ◽  
Yannan Ou ◽  
Lin Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Fungal Community ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Disease Suppression ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Fungal Community Composition ◽  
Fusarium Wilt Disease

Abstract. Crop rotation and bio-organic fertilizer application have historically been employed as efficient management strategies for soil-borne disease suppression through soil microbiome manipulation. However, details of how this occurs, and to what extent the combination of methods affects soil microbiota reconstruction from diseased soils lacks investigation. In this study, pineapple-banana rotation combined with biofertilizer application was used to suppress banana Fusarium wilt disease, and effects on both bacterial and fungal communities were investigated using the Miseq Illumine sequencing platform. Our results show that pineapple-banana rotation significantly reduces Fusarium wilt disease incidence, and that the application of bio-organic fertilizer causes additional suppression. Bacterial and fungal communities thrive using rotation in combination with bio-organic fertilizer application: taxonomic and phylogenetic α-diversity in both bacteria and fungi increase along with disease suppression. Between the two strategies, bio-organic fertilizer application affects both bacterial and fungal community composition most predominantly, followed by rotation. Large-scale changes in the fungal community composition and special Burkholderia-related network functions contribute to the observed soil borne-disease suppression. Our results indicate that pineapple-banana rotation combined with bio-organic fertilizer application has strong potential for the sustainable management of banana Fusarium wilt disease.

scholarly journals BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF FUSARIUM WILT OF CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus) BY ANTAGONISTIC LACTIC ACID BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM RHIZOSPHERE OF FIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
R. A. OLOYEDE ◽  
A. A. ILUPEJU ◽  
O. O. OYELAKIN ◽  
W. R. AJIJOLA
Keyword(s):  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Lactic Acid Bacteria ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Culture Method ◽  
Disease Suppression ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Dual Culture

Fusarium wilt is one of the important diseases of cucumber and causes economic loss to farmers. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the potential of rhizosphere lactic acid bacteria as biocontrol agents of Fusarium wilt of cucumber. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated and identified from the rhizosphere of five medicinal plants. The in-vitro antagonistic activity of LAB strains on F. oxysporum f.sp. cucumerinum was evaluated by dual culture method. The screen house experiment was then conducted to assess the effect of antagonistic LAB isolates on Fusarium wilt disease incidence in cucumber plants. The antagonistic LAB strains were further characterized using 16S rRNA gene sequencing technique. The total LAB counts of rhizospheric soil samples ranged from 7.0×105 cfu/g to 15.0×105 cfu/g. The LAB isolates were identified as strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus (21.4%), L. plantarum (35.7%), L. fermentum (28.6%), L. alimentarius (7.1%) and L. brevis (7.1%). Treatment of cucumber seeds with antagonistic LAB strains significantly reduced Fusarium wilt of cucumber incidence from 95% to 48%. Lactobacillus fermentum isolated from the rhizosphere of A. indica exhibited strong disease suppression (49.5%). The study therefore revealed that the rhizospheric-LAB could be applied to reduce the manifestation of Fusarium wilt in cucumber.    

scholarly journals Assessing the Influence of Fumigation and Bacillus Subtilis-Based Biofungicide on the Microbiome of Chrysanthemum Rhizosphere

Agriculture ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Huijie Chen ◽  
Jiamiao Zhao ◽  
Jing Jiang ◽  
Sumei Chen ◽  
Zhiyong Guan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Subtilis ◽  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Fungal Diversity ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Disease Suppression ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Trichoderma Spp ◽  
Treated Soil ◽  
Fusarium Wilt Disease

Chrysanthemum is an important ornamental species in China. However, sustained monoculture often leads to a decline in soil quality, in particular to the build-up of pathogens. Fusarium wilt, a severe disease in chrysanthemum monoculture systems, was effectively controlled by fumigation and/or the application of a biofungicide in our previous study. However, the mechanisms underlying disease suppression remain elusive. Here, a series of greenhouse experiments were conducted to characterize the effect on the chrysanthemum rhizosphere microbiome of the fumigant dazomet (DZ) and of a biofungicide based on Bacillus subtilis NCD-2 (BF). The results indicated that the BF treatment increased bacterial diversity by 4.2%, while decreasing fungal diversity by 21.3%. After two seasons of BF treatment, the abundance of microbes associated with disease suppression such as Bacillus spp. and Trichoderma spp. increased 15.1-fold and 4.25-fold more than that of the control, while the pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum was decreased by 79.20% when compared to the control. Besides, the DZ treatment reduced both bacterial and fungal diversity 7.97% and 2.73% respectively, when compared with the control. The DZ treatment controlled Fusarium wilt disease and decreased the abundance of F. oxysporum in the first year, but the abundance of the F. oxysporum was 43.8% higher after two years in treated soil than in non-treated soil. Therefore, the application of BF has a great potential for the control of Fusarium wilt disease in chrysanthemum by changing soil microbiome structure and function.

scholarly journals Phenolic Acid-Degrading Consortia Increase Fusarium Wilt Disease Resistance of Chrysanthemum

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Cheng Zhou ◽  
Zhongyou Ma ◽  
Xiaoming Lu ◽  
Lin Zhu ◽  
Jianfei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Wilt Disease ◽  
Disease Suppression ◽  
Suppressive Soil ◽  
Soil Borne Pathogens ◽  
Fusarium Wilt Disease ◽  
Pseudomonas Species ◽  
Conducive Soil

Soil microbial community changes imposed by the cumulative effects of root-secreted phenolic acids (PAs) promote soil-borne pathogen establishment and invasion under monoculture systems, but the disease-suppressive soil often exhibits less soil-borne pathogens compared with the conducive soil. So far, it remains poorly understood whether soil disease suppressiveness is associated with the alleviated negative effects of PAs, involving microbial degradation. Here, the long-term monoculture particularly shaped the rhizosphere microbial community, for example by the enrichment of beneficial Pseudomonas species in the suppressive soil and thus enhanced disease-suppressive capacity, however this was not observed for the conducive soil. In vitro PA-degradation assays revealed that the antagonistic Pseudomonas species, together with the Xanthomonas and Rhizobium species, significantly increased the efficiency of PA degradation compared to single species, at least partially explaining how the suppressive soil accumulated lower PA levels than the conducive soil. Pot experiments further showed that this consortium harboring the antagonistic Pseudomonas species can not only lower PA accumulation in the 15-year conducive soils, but also confer stronger Fusarium wilt disease suppression compared with a single inoculum with the antagonistic bacteria. Our findings demonstrated that understanding microbial community functions, beyond the single direct antagonism, facilitated the construction of active consortia for preventing soil-borne pathogens under intensive monoculture.

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