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Biocontrol of Fusarium wilt disease in tomato by Paenibacillus ehimensis KWN38

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This study was conducted to investigate biocontrol potential of Paenibacillus ehimensis KWN38 against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici causing Fusarium wilt disease in tomato. Our result showed that P. ehimensis KWN38 produced extracellular organic compounds and crude enzyme to inhibit F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici conidial germination in in vitro assays. Tomato seedlings were treated with water (W), grass medium (G), G with P. ehimensis KWN38 inoculation (GP) and G along with synthetic fungicide (GSf). Disease symptoms were was first observed in G and W at 12 days after infection (DAI) while symptoms were noticeable in the GP and GSf treatments at 20 and 24 DAI, respectively. Tomato plants treated with P. ehimensis KWN38 or fungicide significantly reduced Fusarium wilt disease incidence and severity as compared to control tomato plants treated with water and grass medium. The similar results were also found in the root mortality of tomato plants. At 25 DAI, most plants in control treatments (W and G) wilted and the brown vascular systems of infected plants was clearly differentiable from normal green vascular system of healthy plants from GP and GSf. Plants in the GP showed higher fresh and dry weights of both root and shoots than those in W and G treatments. Leaf peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase activities of tomato plants in G and W were higher than those in GP and GSf. Root enzyme activities showed a similar pattern but the values were higher than leaf enzyme. The results clearly demonstrated that P. ehimensis KWN38 may be considered as biocontrol agent of Fusarium wilt disease in tomato.

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This research was supported by iPET (Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, under the Grant (No. 311017-3), Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of Korea.

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  1. Institute of Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Korea

    Kyaw Wai Naing, Xuan Hoa Nguyen, Yong Seong Lee, Yong Cheol Kim & Kil Yong Kim

  2. Department of Microbiology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan

    Muhammad Anees

  3. Corporation of Nature and People, Okbongri 1759-12, Okseomeon, Gunsan, 573-952, Korea

    Sang Jun Kim

  4. Department of Landscape Architecture, Joong Bu University, Geumsan-gun, 319-940, Korea

    Myung Hee Kim

  5. Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology on Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Anyang, 431-060, Korea

    Yong Hwan Kim

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Naing, K.W., Nguyen, X.H., Anees, M. et al. Biocontrol of Fusarium wilt disease in tomato by Paenibacillus ehimensis KWN38. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 31, 165–174 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-014-1771-4

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