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Isolation, evaluation and characterization of Bacillus subtilis from cotton rhizospheric soil with biocontrol activity against Fusarium oxysporum

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Present investigation is based on the isolation of Bacillus subtilis from cotton rhizosphere and their evaluation as biocontrol agent against Fusarium oxysporum. The production of extracellular hydrolytic enzyme was studied for determining the antagonism. 43% of 21 isolates were identified under the B. subtilis group on the basis of biochemical characterization. 38% isolates showed competitive activity against Fusarium oxysporum and exhibit more than 50% mycelial inhibition in dual culture bioassay. The pot assay of cotton by seed treatment and soil amendment technique under green house condition showed the competent activity of the isolates in preventing the wilting of cotton seedlings due to F. oxysporum infection. SVI values of 30 day old seedlings indicated that the soil inoculation with B. subtilis BP-2 and seed treatment with B. subtilis BP-9 significantly promoted the growth of cotton seedlings. RAPD profiling revealed the diversity in the Bacillus subtilis group, ranging from 10 to 32%. The discriminative pattern among the isolates belonging to the same species was validated by 16S rDNA partial sequencing which identified them into four different strains of B. subtilis.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, L.I.T. Premises, Amravati Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440033, India

    Archana Gajbhiye, Alok R. Rai & Sudhir U. Meshram

  2. Biotechnology Laboratory, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Post Bag No. 2, Shankar Nagar P.O., Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440010, India

    A. B. Dongre

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Gajbhiye, A., Rai, A.R., Meshram, S.U. et al. Isolation, evaluation and characterization of Bacillus subtilis from cotton rhizospheric soil with biocontrol activity against Fusarium oxysporum . World J Microbiol Biotechnol 26, 1187–1194 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-009-0287-9

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