Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Seed treatment with Beauveria bassiana isolate 11-98 resulted in endophytic colonization of tomato seedlings.

A claim from Beauveria bassiana, a dual purpose biocontrol organism, with activity against insect pests and plant pathogens. · 2004

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Seed treatment with Beauveria bassiana isolate 11-98 resulted in endophytic colonization of tomato seedlings.

Treatment
seed treatment with B. bassiana isolate 11-98e0
Interactor
B. bassiana isolate 11-98Beauveria bassianae0symbiont
Outcome
endophytic colonization of tomato seedlingse0
Setting
gnotobiotic systeme0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Beauveria bassiana
Beauveria bassiana · InteractorBealeiderman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“seed treatment with B. bassiana isolate 11-98 has resulted in endophytic colonization of tomato seedlings in a gnotobiotic system”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1477–1606

Title

Beauveria bassiana, a dual purpose biocontrol organism, with activity against insect pests and plant pathogens.

Bonnie H. Ownley; Roberto M. Pereira; William E. Klingeman; et al. 2004

Other claims from this paper (2)

Record rev-b333ffeaff4e7dfe2b102a0bb25e7e4b1b47dd7e581f87d5eae3ed27d2a80c67 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 3 in the model’s answer

Beauveria bassiana · disease · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Results agree

5 papers: 5 positive, 0 negative or no effect

4 papers in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
    Gray mold incidence, lesion diameter, and disease index decreased after Beauveria bassiana colonization in pot and field experiments.

    Endophytic Beauveria bassiana promotes plant biomass growth and suppresses pathogen damage by directional recruitment · 2023

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    Beauveria bassiana primed tomato defenses and improved resistance to herbivore stress.

    Beauveria bassiana Induces Strong Defense and Increases Resistance in Tomato to Bemisia tabaci · 2025

    Same direction

  3. positive
    Conidial, filtrate and protein treatments from all B. bassiana strains significantly suppressed TYLCV disease severity in tomato, with a concentration-dependent response.

    Systemic resistance induced in tomato plants by Beauveria bassiana‐derived proteins against tomato yellow leaf curl virus and aphid Myzus persicae · 2023

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Suspension of B.bassiana was significantly twice as pathogenic as nymphs-directed comparison.

    Synergistic of Trichoderma virede and Beauveria bassiana to Biocontrol Tomata Against and Bemisia tabaci · 2023 · compared with nymphs

    Same direction

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seed treatment · disease · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

40 papers: 37 positive, 3 negative or no effect

36 papers in the same direction as this claim · 3 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    Priming lowered resistance of tomato seeds to deterioration.

    The Effects of Priming and Ageing on Resistance to Deterioration of Tomato Seeds · 1989

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    BABA seed coating did not affect AMF root colonization in soil-grown tomato.

    Optimizing Chemically Induced Resistance in Tomato Against Botrytis cinerea · 2015

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Seed priming with Bacillus isolates gave limited protection against ToLCV, with 90-100% disease incidence.

    Bioprospecting endophytic Bacillus spp. from tomato for antagonistic potential against tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV) · 2026

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Combined seed treatment gave 62% protection against bacterial wilt in greenhouse studies.

    Efficacy of indigenous plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and Trichoderma strains in eliciting resistance against bacterial wilt in a tomato · 2020 · compared with control

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Pre-storage hydropriming significantly increased resistance to deterioration.

    Effects of pre-storage hydration treatments on germination performance, moisture content, DNA synthesis and controlled deterioration tolerance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds · 1996

    Same direction

  6. positive
    The authors conclude that carbon nanomaterial seed priming of tomato under saline stress improves the antioxidant defense system.

    Seed Priming with Carbon Nanomaterials Improves the Bioactive Compounds of Tomato Plants under Saline Stress · 2022

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Polyamine priming improved salt-stress tolerance.

    Role of Polyamines in the Response to Salt Stress of Tomato · 2023

    Same direction

  8. positive
    The essential oil seed coating primed a durable tomato seedling defense against the fungus at later stages of plant development.

    Essential Oils Prime Epigenetic and Metabolomic Changes in Tomato Defense Against Fusarium oxysporum · 2022

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.