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This work aimed to select potentially useful rhizobacteria for the control of Meloidogyne exigua, a widely disseminated root-knot nematode found in Brazilian coffee fields. Initially, crude metabolites produced in liquid medium by 69 isolated rhizobacteria strains (previously obtained from several plants collected in the south of Minas Gerais State, Brazil) were tested in vitro for lethality towards M. exigua second stage juveniles (J2). Substances produced by strains of Bacillus cereus, B. megaterium, B. pumilus, B. thuringiensis, Enterobacter asburiae, E. cloacae and Paenibacillus macerans caused high mortality in J2. Subsequently, the ten most active crude metabolites were selected and assessed for nematicidal activity in a biotest with M. exigua-inoculated coffee plants. Although strains of B. cereus, B. pumilus and P. macerans caused a significant reduction in the number of root galls and/or nematode eggs per plant 90 days after treatment, the best results were obtained with the application of B. megaterium strain 54-06.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for financial support and fellowships.
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Oliveira, D.F., Campos, V.P., Amaral, D.R. et al. Selection of rhizobacteria able to produce metabolites active against Meloidogyne exigua . Eur J Plant Pathol 119, 477–479 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-007-9176-y
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