Effect of Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia and soil type on the control of crown rot in wheat
Effect of Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia and soil type on the control of crown rot in wheat
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DOI:
10.1023/a:1004377801490
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发表时间:
1998-06-01
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影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Wong, PTW
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作者:
Huang, Y;Wong, PTW
A rifampicin-resistant isolate of Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia (A3R) reduced crown rot (Fusarium graminearum Group 1) symptoms significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) in wheat in glasshouse and field experiments and increased grain yield significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) in one of two field experiments. In glasshouse experiments, applying the bacteria as a soil drench (2.5 x 10(9) cfu/g soil) was more effective than coating the bacteria on wheat seed (3.4 x 10(7) cfu/seed). In field experiments, the bacteria were applied as a soil drench at the rate of 1.8 x 10(10) cfu/m row. In both the glasshouse and the field, disease severity in the bacteria-inoculated treatments was significantly less in a silt loam than in a sandy loam. The silt loam had a large proportion of fine clay and silt particles (51.7%), which may have favoured the biocontrol activity and survival of the introduced B. cepacia. In a glasshouse experiment, control by B. cepacia was significantly greater in the silt loam than in the sandy loam, which in turn was greater than in a loamy sand. The loamy sand appeared to favour crown rot development but not the activity or survival of the bacterial antagonist. The latter was reflected by the relative populations of the rifampicin-resistant bacteria re-isolated from the various sails during a 5-week period after application of the bacteria (silt loam > sandy loam > loamy sand). This study further confirms that soil type can influence the populations and the level of biocontrol activity of some bacterial antagonists.