Abstract
In recent years, biological control has become a promising and ecologically friendly alternative to chemical control in the management of soil-borne plant diseases and several biological control agents have been introduced as potential bio-fungicides. The aim of this study was to investigate different biological control agent consortia against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean. Bacillus pumilus INR7, Trichoderma harzianum and Rhizophagus intraradices were used individually or in combination. There were two application methods: simultaneous application of biocontrol agents with the plant pathogen, and pre-inoculation of biocontrol agents one month before the pathogen. Treatments containing B.pumilus INR7 were the best treatments for suppression of the disease in the simultaneous application method, where B. pumilus INR7 + T. harzianumreduced the disease up to 54%. However, in pre-inoculation method T. harzianum alone was the only treatment that reduced disease severity up to 49% compared to the infected control; other treatments did not haveany significant effect on disease severity. In current study, combination of T. harzianum and R. intraradices was unable to decrease disease severity and improve plant growth. This phenomenon was common in both simultaneous and pre-inoculation experiments. However, results showed that B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradices were compatible with each other. Their combination not only decreased the disease, but also improved the dry weight of common bean in both application methods. Our results revealed that B. pumilus INR7 had positive interaction with T. harzianum. This combination increased their ability to suppress root rot disease and improve plant health, significantly. Overall, combinations of biocontrol agents have good potential to be applied in modern agriculture, but such combinations need to be checkedin advance for their compatibility in greenhouse and field experiments.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
B. pumilus INR7 plus T. harzianum reduced common bean root rot disease by up to 54% when applied simultaneously with the pathogen.
- Taxon
- common bean
Phaseolus vulgarise0 - Treatment
- B. pumilus INR7 + T. harzianume1
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solanie0pathogen - Second interactor
- B. pumilus INR7Bacillus pumiluse1biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- diseasee1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 54%e1
- Qualifier
- in the simultaneous application methode1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e1“Treatments containing B.pumilus INR7 were the best treatments for suppression of the disease in the simultaneous application method, where B. pumilus INR7 + T. harzianumreduced the disease up to 54%”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatments containing B. pumilus INR7 were the best for suppressing the disease in the simultaneous application method.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- Treatments containing B.pumilus INR7e1
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanie0pathogen
- Outcome
- suppression of the diseasee1
- Direction
- beste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e1“Treatments containing B.pumilus INR7 were the best treatments for suppression of the disease in the simultaneous application method, where B. pumilus INR7 + T. harzianumreduced the disease up to 54%”
Claim · model-written summary
In the pre-inoculation method, T. harzianum alone reduced disease severity by up to 49% compared with the infected control.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- T. harzianum alonee2
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanie0pathogen
- Second interactor
- T. harzianum
Trichoderma harzianume2biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- disease severitye2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Value
- 49%e2
- Qualifier
- pre-inoculation methode2
- Comparator
- infected controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e2“However, in pre-inoculation method T. harzianum alone was the only treatment that reduced disease severity up to 49% compared to the infected control; other treatments did not haveany significant effect on disease severity”
Claim · model-written summary
The other treatments in the pre-inoculation method had no significant effect on disease severity.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- other treatmentse2
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanie0pathogen
- Outcome
- disease severitye2
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e2“However, in pre-inoculation method T. harzianum alone was the only treatment that reduced disease severity up to 49% compared to the infected control; other treatments did not haveany significant effect on disease severity”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of T. harzianum and R. intraradices was unable to decrease disease severity in common bean.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- combination of T. harzianum and R. intraradicese3
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanie0pathogen
- Second interactor
- R. intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese3symbiont
- Outcome
- disease severitye3
- Direction
- unable to decreasee3
- Qualifier
- common in both simultaneous and pre-inoculation experimentse3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e3“In current study, combination of T. harzianum and R. intraradices was unable to decrease disease severity and improve plant growth. This phenomenon was common in both simultaneous and pre-inoculation experiments”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of T. harzianum and R. intraradices did not improve common bean plant growth.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- combination of T. harzianum and R. intraradicese3
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanie0pathogen
- Second interactor
- R. intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese3symbiont
- Outcome
- plant growthe3
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede3
- Qualifier
- common in both simultaneous and pre-inoculation experimentse3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e3“In current study, combination of T. harzianum and R. intraradices was unable to decrease disease severity and improve plant growth. This phenomenon was common in both simultaneous and pre-inoculation experiments”
Claim · model-written summary
B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradices were compatible with each other.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Interactor
- B. pumilus INR7Bacillus pumiluse4biocontrol_agent
- Second interactor
- R. intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese4symbiont
- Outcome
- compatible with each othere4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e4“B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradices were compatible with each other. Their combination not only decreased the disease, but also improved the dry weight of common bean in both application methods”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradices decreased common bean root rot disease.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradicese4
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanie0pathogen
- Second interactor
- B. pumilus INR7Bacillus pumiluse4biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- diseasee4
- Direction
- decreasede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e4“B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradices were compatible with each other. Their combination not only decreased the disease, but also improved the dry weight of common bean in both application methods”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradices improved common bean dry weight in both application methods.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise4
- Treatment
- B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradicese4
- Outcome
- dry weighte4
- Direction
- improvede4
- Qualifier
- in both application methodse4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“B. pumilus INR7 and R. intraradices were compatible with each other. Their combination not only decreased the disease, but also improved the dry weight of common bean in both application methods”
Claim · model-written summary
B. pumilus INR7 had a positive interaction with T. harzianum that increased their ability to suppress root rot disease.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- This combinatione5
- Interactor
- Rhizoctonia solaniRhizoctonia solanie0pathogen
- Second interactor
- T. harzianumTrichoderma harzianume5biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- ability to suppress root rot diseasee5
- Direction
- increasede5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e5“Our results revealed that B. pumilus INR7 had positive interaction with T. harzianum. This combination increased their ability to suppress root rot disease and improve plant health, significantly”
Claim · model-written summary
The B. pumilus INR7 and T. harzianum combination improved plant health.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Treatment
- This combinatione5
- Outcome
- plant healthe5
- Direction
- improvee5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e5“Our results revealed that B. pumilus INR7 had positive interaction with T. harzianum. This combination increased their ability to suppress root rot disease and improve plant health, significantly”
Claim · model-written summary
Combinations of biocontrol agents should be checked in advance for compatibility in greenhouse and field experiments before use.
- Taxon
- common beanPhaseolus vulgarise0
- Outcome
- need to be checkedin advancee6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“against Rhizoctonia solani root rot disease of common bean”
e6“Overall, combinations of biocontrol agents have good potential to be applied in modern agriculture, but such combinations need to be checkedin advance for their compatibility in greenhouse and field experiments”
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