Paper · 2024 · Biology and Fertility of Soils

Inoculation and tracking of beneficial microbes reveal they can establish in field-grown potato roots and decrease blemish diseases

Geoffrey Darbon; Stéphane Declerck; Gaétan Riot; et al.

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Abstract

Abstract In a three-year field study, we inoculated two potato varieties with a selection of four beneficial microbial strains (i.e. Rhizophagus irregularis MUCL41833, Trichoderma asperelloides A, Pseudomonas brassicacearum 3Re2-7 and Paraburkholderia phytofirmans PsJN), alone or in combination. Plants were grown under rainfed or irrigated conditions, and potato yield and development of several diseases were evaluated. The microbial inoculants were traced in the root system at different stages of crop development via molecular markers. Whatever the water supply, the inoculants had no effect on yield. Conversely, some of the inoculants were able to lower the incidence and/or severity of several blemish diseases, namely common scab-associated symptoms (CSAS) and silver scurf/black dot-associated symptoms (SSAS). Microbial consortia were more efficient in decreasing symptoms compared to single strain inoculations. The best control was obtained with the combination of R. irregularis and P. brassicacearum , which reduced the incidence of CSAS by 22% and severity of SSAS by 21%. Root tracking revealed that P. brassicacearum and P. phytofirmans PsJN were able to establish in the root system of the potato, while only P. brassicacearum was detected from emergence until flowering of the plants.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Microbial inoculants did not affect potato yield under either water supply.

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Whatever the water supply, the inoculants had no effect on yield.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Some inoculants lowered incidence or severity of potato blemish diseases.

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incidence and/or severity of several blemish diseasese0
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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“some of the inoculants were able to lower the incidence and/or severity of several blemish diseases, namely common scab-associated symptoms (CSAS) and silver scurf/black dot-associated symptoms (SSAS).”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Microbial consortia decreased potato symptoms more efficiently than single strains.

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Microbial consortiae0
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symptomse0
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decreasinge0
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single strain inoculationse0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Microbial consortia were more efficient in decreasing symptoms compared to single strain inoculations.”

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“potato”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The R. irregularis and P. brassicacearum combination reduced common scab-associated symptom incidence by 22%.

Treatment
combination of R. irregularis and P. brassicacearume0
Interactor
R. irregularisRhizophagus irregularise0symbiont
Second interactor
P. brassicacearumPseudomonas brassicacearume0symbiont
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incidence of CSASe0
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reducede0
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22%e0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Rhizophagus irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularis · InteractorMylène Durant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The best control was obtained with the combination of R. irregularis and P. brassicacearum , which reduced the incidence of CSAS by 22% and severity of SSAS by 21%.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The R. irregularis and P. brassicacearum combination reduced silver scurf/black dot-associated symptom severity by 21%.

Treatment
combination of R. irregularis and P. brassicacearume0
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R. irregularisRhizophagus irregularise0symbiont
Second interactor
P. brassicacearumPseudomonas brassicacearume0symbiont
Outcome
severity of SSASe0
Direction
reducede0
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21%e0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Rhizophagus irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularis · InteractorMylène Durant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The best control was obtained with the combination of R. irregularis and P. brassicacearum , which reduced the incidence of CSAS by 22% and severity of SSAS by 21%.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 925–1089 · show in text ↑
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“potato”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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P. brassicacearum and P. phytofirmans PsJN established in potato roots.

Interactor
P. brassicacearumPseudomonas brassicacearume0symbiont
Second interactor
P. phytofirmans PsJNParaburkholderia phytofirmanse0symbiont
Outcome
establish in the root systeme0

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Root tracking revealed that P. brassicacearum and P. phytofirmans PsJN were able to establish in the root system of the potato”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Only P. brassicacearum was detected from emergence until flowering.

Interactor
P. brassicacearumPseudomonas brassicacearume0symbiont
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detected from emergence until floweringe0

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

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“only P. brassicacearum was detected from emergence until flowering of the plants.”

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“potato”

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