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Fusarium verticillioides is the most important seed transmitted pathogen that infects maize. It produces fumonisins, toxins that have potential toxicity for humans and animals. Control of F. verticillioides colonisation and systemic contamination of maize has become a priority area in food safety research. The aims of this research were (1) to characterise the maize endorhizosphere and rhizoplane inhabitant bacteria and Fusarium spp., (2) to select bacterial strains with impact on F. verticillioides growth and fumonisin B1 production in vitro, (3) to examine the effects of bacterial inoculum levels on F. verticillioides root colonisation under greenhouse conditions. Arthrobacter spp. and Azotobacter spp. were the predominant genera isolated from maize endorhizosphere and rhizoplane at the first sampling period, whilst F. verticillioides strains showed the greatest counts at the same isolation period. All F. verticillioides strains were able to produce fumonisin B1 in maize cultures. Arthrobacter globiformis RC5 and Azotobacter armeniacus RC2, used alone or in a mix, demonstrated important effects on F. verticillioides growth and fumonisin B1 suppression in vitro. Only Azotobacter armeniacus RC2 significantly reduced the F. verticillioides root colonisation at 106 and 107 CFU g−1 levels under greenhouse conditions.
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Cavaglieri, L.R., Andrés, L., Ibáñez, M. et al. Rhizobacteria and their potential to control Fusarium verticillioides: effect of maize bacterisation and inoculum density. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 87, 179–187 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-004-3193-z
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